Elnathan — #6217 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elnathan

The Social Security Administration has registered 385 babies named Elnathan between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elnathan currently holds the #6217 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elnathan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 277 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Elnathan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Elnathan in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elnathan 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 385 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.