How Many People Are Named Elam?
people named Elam are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 143,125 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,940 babies named Elam in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
144 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means either "hidden" or "eternity" in Hebrew. This was the name of several characters in the Old Testament, including a son of Shem who was the ancestor of the Elamite peoples.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elam in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elam alive today is about 21 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elam first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2015, to 144 babies. In 2025, 64 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elam has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #761, in 1898. In 2025 it ranked #2,213.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,213 |
| Best rank | #761 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,684 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elam alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elam were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 827 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elam was given 16 times as often in Pennsylvania and 2.5 times in Kentucky.
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