Eligha — boys' name

What the Data Says About Eligha

The Social Security Administration has registered 348 babies named Eligha between 1900 and 2011, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eligha currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eligha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Eligha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eligha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eligha 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 348 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.