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Rarest Chemical Element — All 118 Answers Ranked by Rarity

118 answers are accepted for “Name a chemical element”. Bohrium is the rarest chemical element in this ranking, with 40,220 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Mendelevium is the second-rarest with 42,374 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.05× the figure for Bohrium. Gold is the most common chemical element in this ranking, with 823,349 monthly Wikipedia views, 20.5× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 118 answers: 24,997,557. Bohrium is 0.2% of that total. 24 answers are Epic or Legendary: Bohrium (Legendary), Mendelevium (Legendary), Dubnium (Legendary), and 21 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

118 answers to “Name a chemical element”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views
1 Bohrium on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 40,220
2 Mendelevium on Wikipedia Legendary 0.991 42,374
3 Dubnium on Wikipedia Legendary 0.983 42,389
4 Hassium on Wikipedia Legendary 0.974 42,975
5 Darmstadtium on Wikipedia Legendary 0.966 44,228
6 Thulium on Wikipedia Legendary 0.957 45,160
7 Nobelium on Wikipedia Legendary 0.949 45,183
8 Meitnerium on Wikipedia Legendary 0.940 45,303
9 Erbium on Wikipedia Legendary 0.932 47,520
10 Terbium on Wikipedia Epic 0.923 48,379
11 Seaborgium on Wikipedia Epic 0.915 50,118
12 Rutherfordium on Wikipedia Epic 0.906 53,301
13 Fermium on Wikipedia Epic 0.897 53,341
14 Berkelium on Wikipedia Epic 0.889 56,486
15 Praseodymium on Wikipedia Epic 0.880 58,947
16 Roentgenium on Wikipedia Epic 0.872 60,044
17 Europium on Wikipedia Epic 0.863 61,430
18 Dysprosium on Wikipedia Epic 0.855 63,746
19 Lawrencium on Wikipedia Epic 0.846 63,975
20 Flerovium on Wikipedia Epic 0.838 68,944
21 Copernicium on Wikipedia Epic 0.829 69,661
22 Ytterbium on Wikipedia Epic 0.821 69,680
23 Lutetium on Wikipedia Epic 0.812 72,936
24 Nihonium on Wikipedia Epic 0.803 73,627
25 Livermorium on Wikipedia Rare 0.795 73,739
26 Lanthanum on Wikipedia Rare 0.786 80,708
27 Samarium on Wikipedia Rare 0.778 81,136
28 Actinium on Wikipedia Rare 0.769 81,378
29 Cerium on Wikipedia Rare 0.761 81,614
30 Curium on Wikipedia Rare 0.752 84,648
31 Neptunium on Wikipedia Rare 0.744 87,863
32 Hafnium on Wikipedia Rare 0.735 89,428
33 Promethium on Wikipedia Rare 0.726 92,842
34 Holmium on Wikipedia Rare 0.718 94,548
35 Einsteinium on Wikipedia Rare 0.709 96,535
36 Rubidium on Wikipedia Rare 0.701 98,525
37 Gadolinium on Wikipedia Rare 0.692 100,587
38 Rhenium on Wikipedia Rare 0.684 105,129
39 Ruthenium on Wikipedia Rare 0.675 105,319
40 Americium on Wikipedia Rare 0.667 110,319
41 Indium on Wikipedia Rare 0.658 112,663
42 Strontium on Wikipedia Rare 0.650 117,571
43 Scandium on Wikipedia Rare 0.641 117,772
44 Barium on Wikipedia Rare 0.632 121,487
45 Californium on Wikipedia Rare 0.624 123,052
46 Yttrium on Wikipedia Rare 0.615 128,162
47 Tellurium on Wikipedia Rare 0.607 128,279
48 Neodymium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.598 129,379
49 Niobium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.590 130,069
50 Tennessine on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.581 138,397
51 Francium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.573 138,611
52 Technetium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.564 143,579
53 Germanium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.556 144,294
54 Zirconium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.547 149,047
55 Rhodium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.538 154,440
56 Moscovium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.530 161,446
57 Thallium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.521 162,658
58 Krypton on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.513 163,056
59 Cadmium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.504 166,435
60 Tantalum on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.496 171,488
61 Protactinium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.487 173,138
62 Vanadium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.479 176,666
63 Fluorine on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.470 188,748
64 Gallium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.462 193,250
65 Thorium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.453 194,212
66 Caesium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.444 198,983
67 Argon on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.436 206,467
68 Beryllium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.427 213,083
69 Neon on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.419 214,380
70 Calcium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.410 218,179
71 Polonium on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.402 221,991
72 Bromine on Wikipedia Familiar 0.393 222,248
73 Molybdenum on Wikipedia Familiar 0.385 223,134
74 Astatine on Wikipedia Familiar 0.376 233,488
75 Manganese on Wikipedia Familiar 0.368 236,459
76 Radium on Wikipedia Familiar 0.359 249,072
77 Radon on Wikipedia Familiar 0.350 253,401
78 Nickel on Wikipedia Familiar 0.342 256,704
79 Osmium on Wikipedia Familiar 0.333 258,391
80 Selenium on Wikipedia Familiar 0.325 262,021
81 Chromium on Wikipedia Familiar 0.316 267,873
82 Iridium on Wikipedia Familiar 0.308 273,007
83 Palladium on Wikipedia Familiar 0.299 275,007
84 Boron on Wikipedia Familiar 0.291 276,623
85 Iodine on Wikipedia Familiar 0.282 288,651
86 Magnesium on Wikipedia Familiar 0.274 295,584
87 Phosphorus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.265 296,290
88 Zinc on Wikipedia Familiar 0.256 297,882
89 Chlorine on Wikipedia Familiar 0.248 303,172
90 Arsenic on Wikipedia Familiar 0.239 306,135
91 Bismuth on Wikipedia Familiar 0.231 311,711
92 Plutonium on Wikipedia Familiar 0.222 318,850
93 Titanium on Wikipedia Familiar 0.214 328,321
94 Cobalt on Wikipedia Familiar 0.205 333,368
95 Oganesson on Wikipedia Common 0.197 335,950
96 Xenon on Wikipedia Common 0.188 341,103
97 Sodium on Wikipedia Common 0.179 347,249
98 Silicon on Wikipedia Common 0.171 354,131
99 Potassium on Wikipedia Common 0.162 357,040
100 Tin on Wikipedia Common 0.154 366,168
101 Nitrogen on Wikipedia Common 0.145 371,742
102 Lithium on Wikipedia Common 0.137 372,467
103 Platinum on Wikipedia Common 0.128 385,916
104 Carbon on Wikipedia Common 0.120 392,986
105 Helium on Wikipedia Common 0.111 400,103
106 Antimony on Wikipedia Common 0.103 407,837
107 Lead on Wikipedia Common 0.094 417,141
108 Sulfur on Wikipedia Common 0.085 430,517
109 Iron on Wikipedia Common 0.077 467,651
110 Uranium on Wikipedia Common 0.068 472,229
111 Silver on Wikipedia Common 0.060 493,733
112 Oxygen on Wikipedia Common 0.051 501,674
113 Hydrogen on Wikipedia Common 0.043 538,354
114 Copper on Wikipedia Common 0.034 552,338
115 Tungsten on Wikipedia Common 0.026 556,327
116 Aluminium on Wikipedia Common 0.017 568,574
117 Mercury on Wikipedia Common 0.009 590,319
118 Gold on Wikipedia Common 0.000 823,349

FAQ

What is the rarest chemical element?

Bohrium is the rarest chemical element in this ranking, with 40,220 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many chemical elements are there?

There are 118 chemical elements in this ranking, from Bohrium (rarest) to Gold (most common).

What is the most common chemical element?

Gold is the most common chemical element in this ranking, with 823,349 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.