NameTides

Elian

Elian was the #147 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,448 babies), and #914 in England & Wales and #555 in Canada.

Elian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Elian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Elian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#147 (2,448)#914 (34)#555 (52)
2024#237 (1,499)#1,025 (29)#1,126 (21)
2023#235 (1,487)#1,533 (16)#986 (24)
2022#299 (1,128)#1,011 (29)#1,350 (15)
2021#366 (890)#963 (31)#1,151 (19)
2020#355 (877)#962 (29)#1,129 (19)
2019#367 (872)#1,217 (21)#1,101 (19)
2018#411 (771)#1,382 (18)#2,176 (7)
2017#568 (478)#1,923 (12)#1,422 (13)
2016#598 (450)#2,027 (11)#1,988 (8)
2015#687 (365)#2,150 (10)#2,715 (5)
2014#700 (354)#2,079 (10)#2,133 (7)
2013#743 (312)#1,539 (15)#1,771 (9)
2012#844 (253)#1,669 (14)—
2011#974 (202)#1,788 (12)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #147.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 700common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Elian is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 480 to 1 in 760.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #192WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #220WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #243MNIllinois: #161ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #109NYMassachusetts: #157MAOregon: #154ORNevada: #114NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #331IAIndiana: #185INOhio: #320OHPennsylvania: #222PANew Jersey: #107NJConnecticut: #165CTRhode Island: #97RICalifornia: #115CAUtah: #255UTColorado: #94CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #336MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #142VAMaryland: #149MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #66AZNew Mexico: #74NMKansas: #131KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #165TNNorth Carolina: #193NCSouth Carolina: #212SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #220OKLouisiana: #253LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #200ALGeorgia: #153GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #77TXFlorida: #166FL
Elian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#28417
Ontario2024#96411

Elian (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElianCanadaBoys#55552
ElianEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ElianEngland & WalesBoys#91434
ElianNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ElianUSGirls#10,1079
ElianUSBoys#1472,448