Is Ekam a boy or girl name?

Ekam is a unisex name. Of the 675 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 23.1% were girls and 76.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2011, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Ekam

Recorded 2006–2025 · United States

Ekam was most popular in 2021, when 57 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,114 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,077, with 29 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 675 people named Ekam.

Ekam over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ekam’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ekam a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ekam is a unisex name — 23.1% of the 675 Americans given it were girls and 76.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2011 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 13% girls and 87% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Ekam

Where Ekam is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 8.5×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org