Elham is a distinctive choice, ranked #2575 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Elham in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#2575
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school â standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Elham
Unlikely. With around 10 UK babies named Elham per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Elham in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Elham has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 412 places in the last five years. Its peak was #2163 in 2020. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
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 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...; Elham Hashemi â Elham Hashemi Masoumi is an Iranian shooting coach and former sport shooter..
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.
10
UK babies named Elham (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 412 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
Likely around 1 other Elham in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ 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 Hashemi Masoumi is an Iranian shooting coach and former sport shooter. She coached the Iranian rifle team at the 2020 Summer Olympics Hashemi also has an A ISSF coaching degree.
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.
Elham Malekpoor Arashlu (Persian: اŮŮا٠٠ŮÚŠâŮžŮŘą اعشŮŮ) or Elham Malepoor is an Iranian poet, writer and journalist. She was born in Iran and she is semi-blind.
Zahra Elham is an Afghan singer best known for being the first female winner of the reality singing competition Afghan Star. Elham, belonging to the Hazara people group, has continued her music career since receiving asylum in Australia following the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
Elham Modaressi is an Iranian artist and activist who was arrested in 2022 for her active involvement in the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. She is one of the detainees of the Mahsa Amini protests.