Elean
The Story of Elean
As a girl name
Elean first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1921, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1924: 10 births, good for #3,144 nationwide. About 62% of every Elean on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Elean last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 55 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Elean first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2000, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 9 births, good for #6,839 nationwide. About 49% of every Elean on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Elean last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 51 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Elean
Elean is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 55 births in the dataset. Elean's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #3,144. Use the chart and map above to compare Elean's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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