Elam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-lum
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,207 for boys
Elam is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,207th for boys in the US (64 babies).
What does Elam mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
In Genesis, Elam is a son of Shem; the name also belongs to an ancient kingdom in present-day southwestern Iran.
Is Elam a girl's or a boy's name?
Elam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were named Elam, making it the 2,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,694th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 144 boys.
Half of all the boys named Elam in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 74 boys in the US were given Elam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,761, up from #2,207 for this spelling alone.
- Elam 64
- Elim 10
Elam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,038 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,688 |
| 2020 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 2019 | 101 | #1,624 |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,593 |
| 2017 | 109 | #1,518 |
| 2016 | 108 | #1,539 |
| 2015 | 144 | #1,252 |
| 2014 | 102 | #1,559 |
| 2013 | 73 | #1,914 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,009 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,661 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Elam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eli, Abram, Abraham, Elijah, Ezra, Elias, Noah, Levi, Isaac, Adam, Asher, Graham
Other spellings of Elam
Names related to Elam
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Eliana, Joseph, Michael
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elam, updated 20 October 2026.