Elihu
#6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,236since 1880
Elihu over time
Rank among boys' names. Elihu 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 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 17 |
| 2023 | #5,470 | 17 |
| 2022 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #4,470 | 22 |
| 2015 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #4,429 | 22 |
| 2008 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,448 | 26 |
| 1927 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,594 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #533 | 11 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elihu was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Elihu
- 700 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #6,143)
- 1,102 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #6,143)
- 636 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 276 spots in 1881 (#809 → #533)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #533 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1880–1881
- Highest: 1 in 9,158 boys born in 1881 were named Elihu (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.4% of all boys named Elihu (178) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #533 (1881) | #816 |
| 1890s | 11 | #942 (1897) | #1,004 |
| 1900s | 7 | #1,050 (1900) | #1,050 |
| 1910s | 154 | #1,268 (1912) | #1,529 |
| 1920s | 178 | #1,448 (1928) | #1,991 |
| 1930s | 92 | #2,093 (1933) | #2,592 |
| 1940s | 71 | #2,207 (1941) | #2,828 |
| 1950s | 56 | #2,287 (1953) | #3,240 |
| 1960s | 30 | #3,097 (1961) | #3,687 |
| 1970s | 41 | #3,120 (1974) | #4,145 |
| 1980s | 57 | #3,653 (1986) | #5,067 |
| 1990s | 101 | #3,971 (1990) | #5,800 |
| 2000s | 158 | #4,302 (2001) | #5,285 |
| 2010s | 157 | #4,470 (2016) | #5,793 |
| 2020s | 96 | #5,041 (2020) | #5,634 |
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.
Elihu in 1881
Top boys' names in 1881
More about 1881
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100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 9,158 of them was named Elihu, which outranked 46.5% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).