Meaning and history
Elam is a biblical masculine name and ancient place name. Elam was a civilization east of Mesopotamia in what is now southwestern Iran, and the Hebrew Bible also presents Elam as a son of Shem and an ancestor figure. The place name’s original Elamite meaning is uncertain, so confident translations are inappropriate. A notable modern bearer is Israeli composer and singer Elam Rotem. The name’s strongest associations are geographic, historical, and biblical.
20062006: 34 births, rank #3,153
2007: 42 births, rank #2,811
2008: 40 births, rank #2,946
2009: 51 births, rank #2,486
2010: 68 births, rank #2,010
20112011: 58 births, rank #2,232
2012: 64 births, rank #2,104
2013: 73 births, rank #1,915
2014: 102 births, rank #1,559
2015: 144 births, rank #1,252
20162016: 108 births, rank #1,539
2017: 109 births, rank #1,518
2018: 103 births, rank #1,593
2019: 101 births, rank #1,624
2020: 92 births, rank #1,694
20212021: 97 births, rank #1,688
2022: 74 births, rank #2,039
2023: 60 births, rank #2,315
2024: 65 births, rank #2,210
20252025: 64 births, rank #2,207
Elam rose from #876 to #762 for boys between 1891 and 1898. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 9.