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Elon

Girl Boy

14% girls / 86% boys

Origin of the name

Elon is a biblical name: Elon is one of the judges of Israel.

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Rising name

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2021 was its best year: 234 births, or 1 baby in 14,487. The momentum is recent: births are up 33% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. Its rank in 2025: No. 1778. 33% of all babies named Elon since 1880 were born in the 2010s.
3,121births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 957rank at its peak, in 2021

Where babies named Elon are born

2021

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The darker the blue, the more common Elon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Elon is most common in New York (2.3 times) and California (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0%100%
1890s0%100%
1900s100%0%
1910s30%70%
1920s22%78%
1930s0%100%
1940s17%83%
1950s28%72%
1960s11%89%
1970s15%85%
1980s14%86%
1990s38%62%
2000s41%59%
2010s7%93%
2020s1%99%