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Elon

#1,780 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Oak tree

Elon has been given to 3,633 babies in the U.S. since 1885. In 2025 it ranked #1,780 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 234 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Elon, 2025

1 in 36,800

Elon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Elon over time

In 2025, Elon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18852025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Elon: meaning, origin, and history

Oak tree

Hebrew

What Elon means

Elon means “oak tree”, associated with ʼÊlōn.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Hebrew אֵילֹן (ʼÊlōn, literally “oak tree”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Elon (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Elon is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Elon is pronounced /ˈiːlɔːn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,121 boys were recorded with the name Elon between 1885 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 234 in 2021; its best national rank was #943 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,060 in 2020 to #1,780 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,707 in 2015 to #1,780 in 2025.

In the United States, 512 girls were recorded with the name Elon between 1904 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1999; its best national rank was #1,719 in 1904.

How common is Elon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 36,800
90 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 19,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,780
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
25,533 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Elon 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 2025 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 25,533 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elon was born before 2017 — so the typical Elon is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
71.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,807
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.5% of all recorded uses (1,045).

Is Elon 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
−523
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−720
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−73
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.99×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
38.5%
Peak was 2021 (234)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#943
2018

Spellings of Elon

Elon is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 15.9% against Elon's 0.14%.

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.

Where Elon is used

Across 2016–2025, Elon was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 6,250 boys, against 1 in 10,467 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 50,000).

216 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 6,250
  2. 2California1 in 6,667
  3. 3New Jersey1 in 7,143
  4. 4New York1 in 7,143
  5. 5Washington1 in 7,692
  6. 6Illinois1 in 10,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 11,111
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Elon around the world

Where Elon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2024–2024
    #727
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2020–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    1994–2025
    #654
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2014–2024
    #1,281
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Elon

People whose public names include Elon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Elon in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Elon. Linked forms have their own page here.

AlonElanElionYlonEljon

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Elon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,780
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 720
Best rank ever
#943
2018
Peak year
2021
234 that year
First recorded
1885
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,121
Count in 2025
90

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,719
1904
Peak year
1999
21 that year
First recorded
1904
Last recorded
2021
All-time count
512
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Elon

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

EloyAlonJalonDylonArlonKylonDaylonDelonSolonTylonKalonHarlonMahlonTalonKaylonRaylonTaylonEloiTallonElohimZebulonJaylonMylonElo

Names with a curve like Elon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Elon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

NovaLinkAlaricThorinKaceCedarShepardKilianLevKabirDeckerMacklin

Sibling names for Elon

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

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