Elka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-kah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Elka is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Elka mean?
Hebrew: Polish pet form of Elzbieta (Elizabeth)
“my God is an oath”
A Polish pet form of Elzbieta, the Polish Elizabeth; the similar German Elke comes instead from Adelheid.
Is Elka a girl's or a boy's name?
Elka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elka in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elka in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Elka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Elka, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
2025 had fewer girls named Elka than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Elka in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
Names like Elka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayla, Eliana, Hawa, Ava, Layla, Raya, Mia, Amira, Khadija, Hafsa, Maya
Names related to Elka
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Elka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elka, updated 20 October 2026.