Eligah — boys' name

What the Data Says About Eligah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,740 babies named Eligah between 1880 and 2021, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eligah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eligah performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 330 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Eligah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 123 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Eligah in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eligah 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 1,740 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.