Elkan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Elkan

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Elkan between 2005 and 2022, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elkan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elkan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elkan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elkan 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 42 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.