Elam is an uncommon variant of Elmo that peaked in 2015 and has grown less common since.
Elam is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,213 for boy births in the United States (and #4,758 across all names), given to 64 babies. Elam first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2015 (144 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | #2,213 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | #2,214 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | #2,326 |
| 2022 | 74 | 74 | #2,043 |
| 2021 | 97 | 97 | #1,693 |
| 2020 | 92 | 92 | #1,696 |
| 2019 | 101 | 101 | #1,627 |
| 2018 | 103 | 103 | #1,595 |
| 2017 | 109 | 109 | #1,518 |
| 2016 | 108 | 108 | #1,540 |
| 2015 | 144 | 144 | #1,257 |
| 2014 | 102 | 102 | #1,561 |
| 2013 | 73 | 73 | #1,919 |
| 2012 | 64 | 64 | #2,109 |
| 2011 | 58 | 58 | #2,240 |
| 2010 | 68 | 68 | #2,022 |
| 2009 | 51 | 51 | #2,493 |
| 2008 | 40 | 40 | #2,966 |
| 2007 | 42 | 42 | #2,832 |
| 2006 | 34 | 34 | #3,174 |
| 2005 | 35 | 35 | #2,972 |
| 2004 | 28 | 28 | #3,389 |
| 2003 | 37 | 37 | #2,689 |
| 2002 | 26 | 26 | #3,383 |
| 2001 | 27 | 27 | #3,256 |
| 2000 | 34 | 34 | #2,690 |
| 1999 | 25 | 25 | #3,206 |
| 1998 | 18 | 18 | #3,894 |
| 1997 | 19 | — | #3,640 |
| 1996 | 21 | — | #3,323 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | #3,919 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | #3,639 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | #3,080 |
| 1992 | 28 | — | #2,558 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | #3,151 |
| 1990 | 22 | — | #2,891 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | #3,126 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #4,673 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #3,177 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #4,139 |
| 1984 | 24 | — | #2,188 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | #2,702 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | #2,878 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | #3,086 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | #2,564 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | #3,051 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | #2,401 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #3,682 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | #2,743 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #3,123 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | #2,851 |
| 1973 | 15 | — | #2,538 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #3,732 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #2,863 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #3,131 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | #2,458 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #3,670 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #2,853 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | #2,715 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #2,913 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #2,420 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #2,354 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #3,160 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #4,115 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | #2,531 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #2,848 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #2,633 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #3,019 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #2,770 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | #2,101 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #2,721 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,051 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #2,151 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #3,083 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | #2,279 |
| 1946 | 17 | — | #1,779 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #2,617 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #3,216 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,006 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,012 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #1,933 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | #2,109 |
| 1939 | 11 | — | #2,201 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | #1,929 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #2,092 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | #2,584 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | #3,063 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #2,919 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | #2,025 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #2,833 |
| 1929 | 20 | — | #1,690 |
| 1928 | 20 | — | #1,724 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #2,760 |
| 1926 | 21 | — | #1,674 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #2,991 |
| 1924 | 15 | — | #2,155 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | #2,148 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | #3,085 |
| 1921 | 13 | — | #2,413 |
| 1920 | 22 | — | #1,659 |
| 1919 | 15 | — | #2,088 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | #2,094 |
| 1917 | 18 | — | #1,767 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,304 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | #1,725 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,808 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #2,947 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #1,779 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,428 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,287 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,171 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,096 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | #762 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #876 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #847 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,007 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #824 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #975 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #847 |