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.

Elige

#7,040 most common boys' name of all time · #17,705 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1971

Rank among boys
#7,040
Rank overall
#17,705 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
528
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #1,847
Best rank
#655 1880
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
18801900192019401960

Elige is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1971 — 5 5 #4,933
1962 — 5 5 #4,063
1960 — 5 5 #4,058
1957 — 6 6 #3,576
1952 — 6 6 #3,389
1951 — 5 5 #3,740
1950 — 6 6 #3,350
1946 — 13 13 #2,040
1945 — 5 5 #3,371
1943 — 7 7 #2,975
1942 — 10 10 #2,403
1941 — 6 6 #3,160
1940 — 11 11 #2,193
1939 — 7 7 #2,853
1938 — 9 9 #2,499
1937 — 5 5 #3,547
1936 — 8 8 #2,644
1935 — 7 7 #2,973
1934 — 8 8 #2,772
1933 — 9 9 #2,561
1932 — 9 9 #2,659
1931 — 12 12 #2,221
1930 — 9 9 #2,807
1929 — 11 11 #2,466
1928 — 5 5 #4,173
1926 — 9 9 #2,916
1925 — 16 16 #2,019
1924 — 19 19 #1,847
1923 — 8 8 #3,191
1922 — 10 10 #2,820
1921 — 7 7 #3,536
1920 — 14 14 #2,243
1919 — 16 16 #1,984
1918 — 13 13 #2,272
1917 — 15 15 #2,001
1916 — 16 16 #1,859
1915 — 11 11 #2,329
1914 — 11 11 #1,984
1913 — 11 11 #1,687
1912 — 10 10 #1,638
1911 — 9 9 #1,210
1910 — 15 15 #799
1909 — 6 6 #1,303
1907 — 6 6 #1,228
1906 — 6 6 #1,136
1905 — 6 6 #1,122
1904 — 7 7 #985
1900 — 9 9 #921
1899 — 9 9 #742
1898 — 6 6 #1,027
1897 — 6 6 #976
1896 — 6 6 #1,012
1894 — 6 6 #994
1892 — 6 6 #977
1891 — 6 6 #877
1889 — 5 5 #1,000
1886 — 8 8 #732
1885 — 9 9 #662
1883 — 5 5 #914
1882 — 8 8 #720
1880 — 9 9 #655