Elowen

What Elowen means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Elowen yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2008, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Elowen?

US: Rising: up from #4069 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1007 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 341 girls got the name (#797 that year). First in the US records in 2008.

How common

• About 1 in 4,713 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,089 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,982 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (1.77 per 1,000 girls), ME (1.61 per 1,000 girls), WV (0.99 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Elowen is #797 in the US and #483 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Elowen were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ellowen16 US
• Elowin9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Elowen

Girls

• Oaklynn#153Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #153 vs #4,867 in 2025
• Elowyn#299Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,619 in 2015, #299 in 2025
• Cataleya#237Editor’s note Up from #437 in 2015 to #237 in 2025 in the US
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*

For a brother

• Kyrie#244Editor’s note Up from #333 in 2015 to #244 in 2025 in the US
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Weston#55Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #120 in 2015, #55 in 2025
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Barrett#171Editor’s note 2,138 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Elowen’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.