Elim
Girl · EE-lim · Hebrew
Elim is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Elim mean?
Hebrew: biblical place name
Elim is the oasis in Exodus where the Israelites camped by twelve springs and seventy palm trees.
- Say it
- EE-lim
Is Elim a girl's or a boy's name?
Elim is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 19 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Elim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Elim, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 69% of the babies named Elim in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Elim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Elim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Elim, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000. 19 girls were also named Elim in 2025 (6,115th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Elim than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Elim in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 74 boys in the US were given Elim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,761, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Elam 64
- Elim 10
In 2024, 38% of the babies named Elim in the US were girls.
Elim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Elim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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