Eliga

Last seen for boys in 1948 at #3,316

Peak · boys
1894 · 10 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
434
since 1880

Eliga over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Eliga has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #668, 1894boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1948#3,3166
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1943#3,2316
1942#3,2126
1941
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1939#2,6098
1938
1937#2,9057
1936#2,4529
1935#2,9517
1934#3,6795
1933
1932#3,7765
1931#2,47110
1930
1929#2,09614
1928#2,65910
1927#2,70310
1926#2,43612
1925#1,93517
1924#3,5057
1923#2,77210
1922#2,14315
1921#2,26514
1920#2,05216
1919#1,88217
1918#1,59622
1917#1,47923
1916#2,15213
1915#1,87815
1914#1,97511
1913#1,67611
1912#1,8858
1911#1,7405
1910
1909#1,2776
1908
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1906#1,1116
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901#1,0585
1900#83610
1899
1898
1897#8527
1896#8268
1895#7958
1894#66810
1893
1892#1,0665
1891#7008
1890
1889
1888#8157
1887#8196
1886
1885#8366
1884#7647
1883
1882#8376
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eliga was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Eliga
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1948
  • Biggest jump: 4 spots in 1888 (#819#815)
  • Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1892 (#700#1,066)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #668 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1898, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1894–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,577
  • Highest: 1 in 11,577 boys born in 1894 were named Eliga (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 292,436 boys born in 1948 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 28.8% of all boys named Eliga (125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s37#764 (1884)#830
1890s46#668 (1894)#818
1900s32#836 (1900)#1,084
1910s125#1,479 (1917)#1,807
1920s125#1,935 (1925)#2,457
1930s51#2,452 (1936)#2,978
1940s18#3,212 (1942)#3,253

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Eliga in 1880

boys
#909
5 births · 1 in 22,098 boys

Top boys' names in 1880

  1. #1John9,655
  2. #2William9,532
  3. #3James5,927
  4. #4Charles5,348
  5. #5George5,126
  6. #6Frank3,242
  7. #7Joseph2,632
  8. #8Thomas2,534
  9. #9Henry2,444
  10. #10Robert2,415
  11. #909Eliga5
More about 1880

boys

110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 22,098 of them was named Eliga, which outranked 14.1% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eliga
  1. #809Willian6
  2. #809Yee6
  3. #809Zeke6
  4. #909Eliga5
  5. #909Ab5
  6. #909Abbott5
  7. #909Agustus5

Tied with 149 names at #909; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880