Eliakim — #3245 US boys' name
224 babies named Eliakim in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Eliakim was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Eliakim in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eliakim
The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Eliakim between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eliakim currently holds the #3245 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eliakim performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Eliakim shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Eliakim in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eliakim 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 224 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.
Eliakim at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eliakim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2024)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #3245 among boys.
224 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 37 births in a single year.
Eliakim by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 100 births that decade — 45% of Eliakim's all-time total
Eliakim decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Eliakim's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Eliakim by state
Where Eliakim concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
Top 5 states
- Florida 2.7% of nationwide
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 2.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.