Recorded 1988–2022 Boys' name Peak 1993 21 births

Eliahu — boys' name

21 babies named Eliahu in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s112020s5
1990s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Eliahu was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

6 babies were named Eliahu in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Eliahu

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Eliahu between 1988 and 2022, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eliahu currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eliahu performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Eliahu shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eliahu 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 21 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.

Eliahu at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

21

Since 1988

35 years of records

Peak year

1993

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1988

Recorded for 35 years

Last year on file: 2022

Eliahu popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1988

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1993)
6
Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
4.555.566.5 2022199719931988 5

Eliahu by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
11 births that decade — 52% of Eliahu's all-time total
1980s51990s112020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Eliahu?
21 babies have been named Eliahu since 1988. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1993 with 6 births.
When was Eliahu most popular?
Eliahu was most popular in the 1990s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
How long has the name Eliahu been used?
Eliahu has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 35 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Eliahu?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Elijah, Eli, Elias, Elisha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.