Unisex name · since 1974
Elham
Elham has 344 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,776 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,290 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Elham is the #10290 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 344 recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elham has been recorded 344 times among girls since 1974, currently ranked #10290 nationally and more common than 41% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #14,776 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,290 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 344 born since 1974
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elham ranks #14,776 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,290 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 344 born since 1974, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,776 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,290 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elham's 344 recorded births place it above 79.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elham compares
344 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Elham's all-time total is 9% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elham | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 344 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elham's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elham's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elham popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Elham popularity over time - boys
101 total births recorded since 2009 (Elham as boys' name)
Elham by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (83 births, 24% of the file).
2010s was Elham's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Elham births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 33
1970s
33 births
- 1980s
1980s
78 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (24% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elham's data
- Elham's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elham: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Elham 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.