Feminine dossier · first seen 1953

Elke

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Elke
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1968

Peak era

1968

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1953Peak 19682024

Peak year

1968

Decline from peak

89.6%

2024

All-time

1,107

Elke is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1968, when 77 girls were named Elke.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 89.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,107 Americans have been named Elke and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1953.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1968

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