How Many People Are Named Elke?
people named Elke are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 325,509 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,116 babies named Elke in Social Security records from 1953 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
77 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elke in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elke alive today is about 43 years old, and 65% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 57 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elke first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 1968, to 77 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elke has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,251, in 1968. In 2025 it ranked #10,326.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,326 |
| Best rank | #1,251 (1968) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,996 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elke alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elke were born in California than in any other state: about 99 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elke was given 4.4 times as often in New York and 4.1 times in California.
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