male NAME · CURRENTLY #2490

Elan

eh-LAHN

“Tree, from Hebrew ilan; in French, élan means vigor or enthusiasm.”

A short modern given name with multiple possible linguistic associations, making a single origin or meaning uncertain.

gender-neutralmodernuncommon
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Elan has traveled through time

61965 351970 221975 441980 411985 571990 591995 792000 872005 1352010 1342015 822020 592025
LATEST YEAR202559 births
PEAK RANK#1266in 2011
CURRENT USAGE8.5% F91.5% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.