Elah — #7251 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elah

The Social Security Administration has registered 357 babies named Elah between 1905 and 2024, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elah currently holds the #7251 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Elah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 357 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.