Eligah
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,740since 1880
Eligah over time
Rank among boys' names. Eligah has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,438 | 22 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | #1,368 | 24 |
| 1939 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,326 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,194 | 31 |
| 1934 | #1,092 | 36 |
| 1933 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,080 | 41 |
| 1929 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1927 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1925 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #1,152 | 39 |
| 1923 | #1,087 | 43 |
| 1922 | #1,158 | 38 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,321 | 29 |
| 1918 | #918 | 52 |
| 1917 | #1,238 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #822 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Eligah was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Eligah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 360 spots in 1902 (#943 → #583)
- Biggest drop: 403 spots in 1919 (#918 → #1,321)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1902 at #583 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1899–1904
- Highest: 1 in 8,761 boys born in 1902 were named Eligah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,926 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 19.0% of all boys named Eligah (330) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #745 (1880) | #856 |
| 1890s | 63 | #730 (1894) | #859 |
| 1900s | 86 | #583 (1902) | #908 |
| 1910s | 258 | #822 (1910) | #1,114 |
| 1920s | 330 | #1,087 (1923) | #1,291 |
| 1930s | 266 | #1,080 (1930) | #1,358 |
| 1940s | 197 | #1,368 (1940) | #1,621 |
| 1950s | 134 | #1,657 (1950) | #2,316 |
| 1960s | 37 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,213 |
| 1970s | 34 | #2,621 (1970) | #4,084 |
| 1980s | 61 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,473 |
| 1990s | 67 | #4,185 (1996) | #6,396 |
| 2000s | 113 | #4,815 (2003) | #6,611 |
| 2010s | 52 | #5,945 (2011) | #8,670 |
| 2020s | 12 | #9,714 (2021) | #10,868 |
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.
Eligah in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
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980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 33,797 of them was named Eligah, which outranked 72.5% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,297Waldemar30
- #1,297West30
- #1,297Zeb30
- #1,321Eligah29
- #1,321Akira29
- #1,321Aldon29
- #1,321Anson29
- #1,351Alice28
- #1,351Arlington28
- #1,351Authur28
Tied with 29 names at #1,321; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.