Elihu

Where Elihu comes from

(secret society): Named after Elihu Yale.
— Wiktionary's entry for Elihu
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1845
    Elihu Root born
    American politician
  2. 1853
    Elihu Thomson born
    American inventor
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1881
    Peak, #533
    11 babies named Elihu — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Elihu Root · American politician, 1845–1937
  • Elihu Thomson · American inventor, 1853–1937
  • Elihu B. Washburne · American politician and diplomat, 1816–1887
  • Elihu Yale · Welsh merchant, slave trader and philanthropist, 1649–1721
  • Elihu Vedder · American artist, 1836–1923

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.