girls:
55 births since 1921
#5661 (1st percentile)
boys:
46 births since 2000
#4540 (1st percentile)
overall:
101 births since 1921
#7638 (1st percentile)
The name Elean is the #7,638 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 101 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,661 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 55 births since 1921. For boys, it ranks #4,540 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 46 births since 2000.
Elean first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (1921 for girls and 2000 for boys). Birth data for Elean is available in 17 out of the 103 years between 1921 and 2023 (9 years for girls and 8 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Elean is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Elean were boys. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1921 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2000 to 2023).
For girls, Elean reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #605) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1924, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1989.
For boys, Elean reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #810) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Elean ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 76.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elean".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Elean. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.3% confident that Elean is pronounced as ee-LEE-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-lee-uhn, at 34.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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