Boys' name · since 2009
Eilam
Eilam has 224 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,282 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,841 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 224
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eilam currently ranks #4841 among boys' names in America, with 224 babies recorded since 2009.
Eilam has 224 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4841 as of the latest data, more common than 65% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #12,282 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,841 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 224 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eilam ranks #12,282 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,841 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 224 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,282 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,841 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 224
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eilam's 224 recorded births place it above 72.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Eilam compares
224 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eilam's all-time total is 39% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eilam | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 224 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 34 | 22,252 |
Eilam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eilam's full recorded timeline at 2017, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 59 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eilam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Eilam by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (150 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Eilam's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Eilam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
150 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 150 births (67% of all-time use).
Eilam by state
Where Eilam concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 22 | 9.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 9 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 2.2% |
22 of 224 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Eilams (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eilam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eilam draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.