Elimelech — #2721 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elimelech

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,103 babies named Elimelech between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elimelech currently holds the #2721 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elimelech performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 347 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Elimelech shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 741 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Elimelech in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elimelech 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 1,103 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.