Elof

Boys' name

One, through Eilífr

Elof has been given to 6 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1915, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Elof, 1915

1 in 305,000

Elof over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Elof: meaning, origin, and history

One, through Eilífr

Old Norse

What Elof means

Elof belongs to the name family reached through Elof → Eilífr. Its meaning is “one”.

Origin, language, and formation

Elof is used in Swedish. Its origins include Old Norse.

Elof comes through Old Norse Eilífr.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Eilífr.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Elof between 1915 and 1915. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1915; its best national rank was #3,525 in 1915.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Elof?

Elof had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1915, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1915: 1 in 305,000; 6 of 1,832,372 births
Among boys only: 1 in 141,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1915: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 211,685 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Elof sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1915 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 211,685 children born in 1915 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elof. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elofs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elof was born before 1915 — so the typical Elof is around 110 today.

Median birth year: 1915; About 110 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Elof rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1915 (6)
Years since peak: 110; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,525; 1915

Spellings of Elof

Elof is not the most common spelling — Eli is, with 50.9% against Elof's <0.01%.

Eli50.9%153,495
Eldon8.7%26,102
Elton7.1%21,353
Elmo3.3%10,091
Lon3.3%9,836
Eloy2.8%8,325
Eliot2.6%7,892
Elroy2.5%7,476

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Elof by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,525; 1915
Peak year: 1915; 6 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1915
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Elof

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Elorm Elois Eloyd Eloi Elouan Elom Elouise Elo Elonte Eloise Elonzo Olof Elohim Elon Eloy

Sibling names for Elof

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Golda Lauretta Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha Hettie

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

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