Elek — #8606 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elek

The Social Security Administration has registered 228 babies named Elek between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elek currently holds the #8606 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elek performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Elek shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elek in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elek in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 228 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.