Elke — #11211 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elke

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,107 babies named Elke between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elke currently holds the #11211 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 77 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elke performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 354 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Elke shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 108 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Elke in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elke 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 1,107 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.