Elon
Boy · EE-lon · Hebrew
Elon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “oak tree”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 1,778th for boys in the US (90 babies).
What does Elon mean?
Hebrew
“oak tree”
Elon was one of the judges of Israel in the Old Testament Book of Judges.
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Is Elon a girl's or a boy's name?
Elon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 90 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Elon, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 33 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Elon than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Elon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were given Elon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,590, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Elon 9
- Elan 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Elon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,003 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Elon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,778among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 90 boys in the US were named Elon, making it the 1,778th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,058th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 234 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
2025 had fewer boys named Elon than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Elon in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 144 boys in the US were given Elon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,205, up from #1,778 for this spelling alone.
- Elon 90
- Elan 54
Girls were 14% of the babies named Elon in the US in 1986, and 2% in 2021.
Elon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #1,778 |
| 2024 | 157 | #1,256 |
| 2023 | 124 | #1,458 |
| 2022 | 196 | #1,097 |
| 2021 | 234 | #957 |
| 2020 | 189 | #1,058 |
| 2019 | 174 | #1,123 |
| 2018 | 222 | #942 |
| 2017 | 188 | #1,059 |
| 2016 | 140 | #1,295 |
| 2015 | 91 | #1,703 |
| 2014 | 89 | #1,701 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 52 | #1,398 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,915 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,694 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
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