Elowen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LOH-en
- Origin
- Cornish
- UK rank, 2025
- #502 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #797 for girls
Elowen is a girls' name of Cornish origin, meaning “elm tree”. In 2025 it ranked 502nd for girls in the UK (88 babies) and 797th for girls in the US (341 babies).
What does Elowen mean?
Cornish
“elm tree”
Taken directly from the Cornish word for elm tree, and used as a given name only since the 20th century.
Is Elowen a girl's or a boy's name?
Elowen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 88 girls in the UK and 341 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elowen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 502nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 88 about 1 in 3,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 88 girls in the UK were named Elowen, making it the 502nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 679th.
2025 had the most girls named Elowen of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Elowen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 483rd in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Elowen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #502 |
| 2024 | 59 | #694 |
| 2023 | 65 | #623 |
| 2022 | 73 | #583 |
| 2021 | 54 | #756 |
| 2020 | 59 | #679 |
| 2019 | 44 | #893 |
| 2018 | 38 | #1,011 |
| 2017 | 41 | #974 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,302 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Elowen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 797th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 341 about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 341 girls in the US were named Elowen, making it the 797th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,343rd. It first appears in the records in 2008.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Elowen of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Elowen in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 366 girls in the US were given Elowen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #744, up from #797 for this spelling alone.
- Elowen 341
- Ellowen 16
- Elowin 9
Elowen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 341 | #797 |
| 2024 | 296 | #898 |
| 2023 | 236 | #1,061 |
| 2022 | 211 | #1,152 |
| 2021 | 184 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 164 | #1,343 |
| 2019 | 172 | #1,326 |
| 2018 | 158 | #1,413 |
| 2017 | 131 | #1,643 |
| 2016 | 86 | #2,221 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Nicknames for Elowen
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elowen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elodie, Everly, Imogen, Eden, Isla, Lyra, Freya, Elsie-Mae, Maeva, Wren, Harper, Emilia
Other spellings of Elowen
Names related to Elowen
More Cornish names
Lowen, Jennifer, Jenna, Denzel, Merryn, Lowenna, Sennen, Morwenna, Demelza, Jennah, Senara, Merrin, Jena, Zennor, Kitto, Lerryn
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, “Elowen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elowen, updated 20 October 2026.