Unisex name · since 1978
Elisah
Elisah has 102 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,277 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 102
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Elisah is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 102 have been recorded since 1978.
Elisah has 102 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2015.
- #17,277 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 102 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elisah ranks #17,277 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 102 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,277 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 102
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Elisah's 102 recorded births place it above 61.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elisah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elisah's full recorded timeline at 2003, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elisah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2015
- Peak year (2002)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Elisah popularity over time - girls
37 total births recorded since 2001 (Elisah as girls' name)
Elisah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (59 births, 58% of the file).
2000s was Elisah's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Elisah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 59 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Elisah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elisah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elisah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.