Elon
Elon was given to 90 boys in 2025, #1,780 among boys’ names; 3,633 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,180 Americans named Elon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 24.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elon mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Elon is “a male given name from Hebrew.” Its etymology gives the sense “oak tree” (literally).
Borrowed from Hebrew אֵילֹן (ʼÊlōn, literally “oak tree”).
/ˈiːlɔːn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elon?
#1,780 among boys’ names, 2025
Elon fell from #1,707 in 2015 to #1,780 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 47.5 to 52.7 per million.
239 babies in 2021, the peak
Elon peaked in 2021, when 239 babies were given it (234 boys, #957 among boys’ names). The 90 births of 2025 are 38% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 90 | #1,780 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 157 | #1,257 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 124 | #1,459 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 196 | #1,097 | |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,956 | 234 | #957 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,801 | 189 | #1,060 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,670 | 174 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | under 5 | 222 | #943 | |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,125 | 188 | #1,059 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,315 | 140 | #1,298 |
Every recorded year (105)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #15,042 | 91 | #1,707 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,258 | 89 | #1,704 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,280 | 34 | #3,207 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,520 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,324 | 35 | #3,188 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,724 | 31 | #3,482 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,575 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,235 | 35 | #3,239 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,636 | 24 | #4,153 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,433 | 27 | #3,709 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,022 | 20 | #4,365 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,874 | 15 | #5,321 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,704 | 10 | #6,868 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,960 | 21 | #3,948 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,144 | 30 | #3,006 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,741 | 17 | #4,441 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,079 | 14 | #4,840 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,161 | 23 | #3,319 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,254 | 8 | #6,802 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,917 | 13 | #4,680 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,858 | 19 | #3,460 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,044 | 24 | #2,970 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,849 | 16 | #3,875 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,219 | 8 | #6,297 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,582 | 9 | #5,643 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,540 | 18 | #3,350 |
| 1989 | under 5 | 13 | #4,095 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 15 | #3,398 | |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,230 | 52 | #1,404 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,466 | 31 | #1,929 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,151 | 11 | #3,871 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,540 | 13 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | under 5 | 20 | #2,438 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 14 | #3,165 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 13 | #3,276 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 14 | #3,147 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 12 | #3,417 | |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,212 | 14 | #2,966 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 24 | #2,026 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 10 | #3,555 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 10 | #3,506 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 6 | #4,807 | |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,697 | 6 | #4,678 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,637 | 13 | #2,716 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,702 | 10 | #3,208 |
| 1970 | under 5 | 12 | #2,776 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 7 | #3,701 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 6 | #3,675 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 6 | #3,649 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 6 | #3,744 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 5 | #4,224 | |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,844 | 12 | #2,454 |
| 1958 | under 5 | 7 | #3,359 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 5 | #4,151 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 8 | #3,038 | |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,105 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 7 | #3,214 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 5 | #3,887 | |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,652 | 5 | #3,868 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,428 | 6 | #3,427 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 5 | #3,842 | |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,551 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 8 | #2,762 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 7 | #2,821 | |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,763 | 13 | #2,017 |
| 1941 | under 5 | 8 | #2,713 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 8 | #2,725 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 5 | #3,635 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 14 | #1,962 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 11 | #2,303 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 10 | #2,417 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 8 | #3,104 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 11 | #2,481 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 5 | #4,327 | |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,017 | 9 | #2,980 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,068 | 11 | #2,617 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,992 | 7 | #3,503 |
| 1924 | under 5 | 18 | #1,916 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 13 | #2,367 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 12 | #2,526 | |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,342 | 17 | #2,003 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,546 | 10 | #2,828 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,956 | 20 | #1,713 |
| 1918 | under 5 | 9 | #2,936 | |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,796 | 13 | #2,209 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,347 | 15 | #1,979 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,537 | 9 | #2,688 |
| 1914 | under 5 | 8 | #2,503 | |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,930 | 7 | #2,337 |
| 1912 | under 5 | 8 | #1,932 | |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,026 | 5 | #1,817 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,925 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,719 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 5 | #1,087 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 5 | #980 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Elon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,633 Americans recorded as Elon, 14% are girls and 86% boys. In 2025 it went to 90 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Elon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elon, and how old are they?
3,180 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 3,633 Americans ever recorded as Elon. The median Elon alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 24.
The 2020 Census counted 2,218 people named Elon (489 women and girls, 1,729 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,273 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 22 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 73 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 154 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 357 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,970 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elon born?
The states with the most babies named Elon are California, Texas and New York, with 72% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 14 | #1,318 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 14 | #1,364 | 0.4× |
| New York | 10 | #1,150 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 10 | #1,212 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,074 | 0.6× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 392,135 babies since 1880, Elon is the fourth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 90 of their 4,819 babies (1.9%), again the fourth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elon and names like it
- Compare Elon and AlanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sElon peaked in 2021.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elon since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Elon: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Elon.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Elon alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.