NameTides

Elimelech

Elimelech was the #3,181 boys' name in the US in 2025 (37 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Elimelech as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Elimelech 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.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Elimelech 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.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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#3,181 (37)#5,137 (3)—
2024#2,715 (48)——
2023#3,416 (34)#4,992 (3)#2,614 (6)
2022#2,830 (45)#4,790 (3)—
2021#3,297 (35)——
2020#3,653 (29)——
2019#2,851 (43)#3,411 (5)—
2018#3,373 (33)#3,412 (5)—
2017#3,781 (28)——
2016#3,161 (36)——
2015#2,864 (41)#3,373 (5)—
2014#3,371 (32)#2,248 (9)—
2013#2,955 (38)——
2012#3,297 (33)#3,987 (4)—
2011#3,434 (31)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,715.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1967.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Elimelech is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 40,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 29,000 to 1 in 56,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elimelech by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #583NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Elimelech (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElimelechCanadaBoys—too few
ElimelechEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
ElimelechUSBoys#3,18137