Elih — boys' name

What the Data Says About Elih

The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Elih between 2005 and 2020, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elih currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elih performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elih shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elih in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elih 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 138 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.