Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Eliah**

#3,554 most common boys' name of all time · #8,672 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,554
Rank overall
#8,672 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,627
Since 2016
610
Peak year
2016 #2,500
Best rank
#2,335 2009
Girls Boys peak 78/yr
198020002020

Eliah first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 14 37 51 #3,205
2024 15 32 47 #3,563
2023 15 38 53 #3,204
2022 14 42 56 #2,979
2021 19 43 62 #2,887
2020 20 53 73 #2,450
2019 17 45 62 #2,789
2018 18 39 57 #3,028
2017 17 54 71 #2,403
2016 27 51 78 #2,500
2015 20 46 66 #2,662
2014 16 47 63 #2,600
2013 21 34 55 #3,230
2012 20 39 59 #2,979
2011 22 46 68 #2,644
2010 20 40 60 #2,938
2009 20 56 76 #2,335
2008 24 43 67 #2,806
2007 11 23 34 #4,304
2006 16 28 44 #3,643
2005 20 26 46 #3,661
2004 8 26 34 #3,586
2003 12 21 33 #4,042
2002 16 17 33 #4,579
2001 10 18 28 #4,377
2000 7 23 30 #3,596
1999 12 16 28 #4,433
1998 11 13 24 #5,002
1997 — 17 17 #3,967
1996 6 15 21 #4,311
1995 — 10 10 #5,695
1994 — 6 6 #8,159
1993 — 10 10 #5,571
1992 — 8 8 #6,381
1991 — 10 10 #5,317
1985 — 8 8 #4,997
1984 — 5 5 #6,844
1983 — 7 7 #5,264
1982 — 5 5 #6,907
1981 — 6 6 #5,965
1980 — 10 10 #4,060
1979 — 5 5 #6,667
1978 — 7 7 #4,915
1977 — 8 8 #4,497
1976 — 6 6 #5,412
1975 — 9 9 #3,909
1973 — 5 5 #5,695
1972 — 6 6 #4,932