Elke
Elke is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196877 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1953
- 1,107people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,107 girls have been named Elke in the United States since 1953, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1968, with 77 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1960s alone account for 32%.
By decade
In 1968, its biggest year
Elke was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1968 were Lisa, Michelle, Kimberly, Jennifer and Melissa. See all of 1968.
Names that rose and fell with Elke
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marnipeak 1969
- Mechellepeak 1968
- Marniepeak 1969
- Sonyapeak 1967
- Corettapeak 1968
- Felisapeak 1970
- Keciapeak 1965
- Tracipeak 1970
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.