Unisex name · since 2000
Elean
60 babies named Elean in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,869 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,604 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elean currently ranks #8604 among unisex names in America, with 60 babies recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elean has been recorded 60 times among boys since 2000, currently ranked #8604 nationally and more common than 38% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #20,869 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,604 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 60 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elean ranks #20,869 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,604 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 60 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,869 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,604 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elean's 60 recorded births place it above 53.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elean compares
60 19th 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
Elean's all-time total is 84% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elean | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 60 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Elean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elean splits its recorded history at 2021: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elean popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Elean popularity over time - girls
55 total births recorded since 1921 (Elean as girls' name)
Elean by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Elean's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Elean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (50% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
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, 2000–2025 (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 Elean 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.