Uyghur origin
Source-reportedPossibly from an Uyghur word meaning "stem".
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: ElCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: ElCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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A name. A world of connections.
Uyghur roots
01 / Meaning & origin
El is a unisex given name documented in English, Dutch, Danish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Uyghur.
Possibly from an Uyghur word meaning "stem".
02 / Across borders
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6 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 2023: 5 boys (rank 12239). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1900–2025 Spelling: EL
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Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | 5 | 896 | rounded |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | 5 | 994 | rounded |
| 1951 | 5 | 1,126 | rounded |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | 5 | 875 | rounded |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | 5 | 819 | rounded |
| 1956 | 5 | 893 | rounded |
| 1957 | 5 | 1,227 | rounded |
| 1958 | 10 | 632 | rounded |
| 1959 | 5 | 878 | rounded |
| 1960 | 10 | 625 | rounded |
| 1961 | 15 | 610 | rounded |
| 1962 | 20 | 472 | rounded |
| 1963 | 5 | 1,023 | rounded |
| 1964 | 10 | 755 | rounded |
| 1965 | 15 | 587 | rounded |
| 1966 | 15 | 696 | rounded |
| 1967 | 15 | 677 | rounded |
| 1968 | 15 | 615 | rounded |
| 1969 | 15 | 688 | rounded |
| 1970 | 15 | 665 | rounded |
| 1971 | 25 | 582 | rounded |
| 1972 | 20 | 615 | rounded |
| 1973 | 20 | 621 | rounded |
| 1974 | 35 | 485 | rounded |
| 1975 | 30 | 521 | rounded |
| 1976 | 30 | 512 | rounded |
| 1977 | 35 | 487 | rounded |
| 1978 | 55 | 405 | rounded |
| 1979 | 45 | 439 | rounded |
| 1980 | 50 | 446 | rounded |
| 1981 | 75 | 363 | rounded |
| 1982 | 70 | 390 | rounded |
| 1983 | 60 | 402 | rounded |
| 1984 | 75 | 373 | rounded |
| 1985 | 60 | 436 | rounded |
| 1986 | 45 | 487 | rounded |
| 1987 | 60 | 427 | rounded |
| 1988 | 75 | 393 | rounded |
| 1989 | 55 | 471 | rounded |
| 1990 | 60 | 461 | rounded |
| 1991 | 60 | 469 | rounded |
| 1992 | 50 | 549 | rounded |
| 1993 | 50 | 536 | rounded |
| 1994 | 55 | 496 | rounded |
| 1995 | 40 | 655 | rounded |
| 1996 | 45 | 599 | rounded |
| 1997 | 40 | 663 | rounded |
| 1998 | 50 | 605 | rounded |
| 1999 | 55 | 564 | rounded |
| 2000 | 50 | 636 | rounded |
| 2001 | 50 | 633 | rounded |
| 2002 | 65 | 580 | rounded |
| 2003 | 75 | 545 | rounded |
| 2004 | 55 | 658 | rounded |
| 2005 | 70 | 575 | rounded |
| 2006 | 70 | 612 | rounded |
| 2007 | 65 | 645 | rounded |
| 2008 | 55 | 769 | rounded |
| 2009 | 65 | 689 | rounded |
| 2010 | 70 | 709 | rounded |
| 2011 | 60 | 774 | rounded |
| 2012 | 75 | 666 | rounded |
| 2013 | 65 | 734 | rounded |
| 2014 | 50 | 903 | rounded |
| 2015 | 70 | 713 | rounded |
| 2016 | 85 | 601 | rounded |
| 2017 | 70 | 685 | rounded |
| 2018 | 70 | 676 | rounded |
| 2019 | 70 | 686 | rounded |
| 2020 | 80 | 600 | rounded |
| 2021 | 75 | 623 | rounded |
| 2022 | 55 | 772 | rounded |
| 2023 | 80 | 569 | rounded |
| 2024 | 70 | 641 | rounded |
| 2025 | 60 | 668 | rounded |
Statistics count the spelling “EL” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.