Elhanan
Elhanan is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Elhanan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elhanan is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Elhanan
The earliest SSA record of Elhanan as a baby boy name dates back to 2018, when 7 babies received it. 2018 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Elhanan — #9,668 in the national rankings. About 59% of every Elhanan on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Elhanan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Elhanan
Elhanan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2018 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Elhanan's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #9,668. Use the chart and map above to compare Elhanan'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.