Elian — #237 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elian

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,815 babies named Elian between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elian currently holds the #237 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,495 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elian performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 5,877 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Elian shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,026 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Elian in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elian 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 12,815 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.