Elham is a distinctive choice, ranked #2664 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Elham in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2664
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About the Name Elham
Elham has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 412 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #2163 â parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1996.
Elham is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Elham in their class.
â Famous People Named Elham
Elham Anafjeh â Elham Anafjeh is an Iranian footballer who played as a defender.
Elham Kazemi â Elham Kazemi is a mathematics educator and educational psychologist, the Geda and Phil Condit Professor in Math and Science Education in the College of Education of the University of Washington.
Elham Hashemi â Elham Hashemi Masoumi is an Iranian shooting coach and former sport shooter.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Elham
Unlikely. With around 8 UK babies named Elham per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Elham in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Elham is declining: down 501 places since 2020, to #2,664 in 2025. It peaked at #2,163 in 2020.
Elham is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Elham include: Elham Anafjeh, Elham Kazemi and Elham Hashemi. Short summaries for each appear below.
Elham does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice â your child is unlikely to encounter American Elhams in the wild.
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UK babies named Elham (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 670 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Elham
Almost certainly the only Elham in the class
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UK Popularity (2005–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
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✨ Similar names to Elham
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Elham Kazemi is a mathematics educator and educational psychologist, the Geda and Phil Condit Professor in Math and Science Education in the College of Education of the University of Washington.
Elham Farahmand Souderjani, known as Elham Farahmand, is an Iranian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kowsar Women Football League club Vachan Kurdistan and the Iran women's national team.
Gholam-Hossein Elham is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician who held several posts during the term of the former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.