Eligah

Boy · recorded 1880–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1902best year

Most popular in 1902.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05711418801915195119862021

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 117 recorded years as a table
Eligah, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188063
188262
188452
188645
188945
189054
189169
189241
189362
189478
189560
189771
189849
189975
190066
190156
1902114
190359
190478
190553
190668
190748
190852
190949
191072
191158
191242
191341
191438
191538
191627
191732
191851
191930
192022
192128
192235
192339
192434
192520
192627
192735
192829
192931
193037
193123
193228
193315
193435
193530
193624
193721
193816
193923
194021
194117
194218
194312
194416
194514
194613
194710
19488
19499
195011
195110
19528
19538
19547
19556
19566
19573
19584
19594
19613
19624
19633
19654
19685
19707
19744
19774
19795
19803
19814
19824
19834
19843
19853
19873
19885
19894
19903
19945
19957
19968
19973
19983
19996
20004
20015
20025
20038
20045
20056
20066
20076
20085
20097
20104
20117
20125
20133
20144
20154
20203
20214

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Eligah isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
7
Rank in 2021
#9,714
How rare
1 in 249,926 boys
Since 1880
1,740

Eligah was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1902, at 114 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Eligah doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.