Elkin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EL-kin
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Elkin is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Elkin mean?
English: English surname, probably a pet form of Elias; much used in Colombia
Well established as a first name in Colombia; in England it is a surname, probably from a pet form of Elias.
Is Elkin a girl's or a boy's name?
Elkin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elkin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Elkin, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Elkin in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elkin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Elkin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Easton, Deacon, Hudson, Westin, Odin, Colson, Ocean, Cannon, Kingston, Boden, Stetson, Jackson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Elkin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elkin, updated 20 October 2026.