Elon

Where Elon comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew אֵילֹן (ʼÊlōn, literally “oak tree”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Elon
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1885
    Debut at its peak, #936
    #936 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1970
    Elon Lindenstrauss born
    Israeli mathematician
  4. 1971
    Elon Musk born
    American businessman
  5. 2005
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
  • A judge in the Old Testament.
Namesakes
  • Elon Musk · American businessman, born 1971
  • Elon Lindenstrauss · Israeli mathematician, born 1970
  • Elon Gold · American actor, born 1970
  • Elon J. Farnsworth · Union Army General, 1837–1863
  • Elon Lages Lima · Brazilian mathematician, 1929–2017

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.