Eligh vs Elijah

Side-by-side comparison of Eligh and Elijah - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Eligh

Boy name · Rank #8354

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Name B

Elijah

Boy name · Rank #8

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Metric Eligh Elijah
Current Rank #8354 #8
Total Births (all years) 1,019 380,611
Peak Year 2014 2011
Peak Year Births 61 14,001
Peak Decade 2010s 2010s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1906 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Eligh Elijah
1880s - 856
1890s - 704
1900s 6 725
1910s 58 1,963
1920s 87 2,755
1930s 60 2,135
1940s 5 2,399
1950s 12 2,314
1960s - 1,524
1970s - 3,400
1980s - 7,567
1990s 13 34,652
2000s 228 110,421
2010s 458 137,147
2020s 92 72,049

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Eligh Elijah
2014 61 13,886
2015 55 13,710
2016 43 13,982
2017 35 13,449
2018 34 13,020
2019 25 13,436
2020 31 13,238
2021 17 12,845
2022 16 12,094
2023 13 11,523
2024 9 11,238
2025 6 11,111

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1906–2025.

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