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.

Eligh

#4,758 most common boys' name of all time · #11,728 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1906–2025

Rank among boys
#4,758
Rank overall
#11,728 of 105,966
First appeared
1906
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,019
Since 2016
229
Peak year
2014 #2,214
Best rank
#1,242 1906
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
192019401960198020002020

Eligh first appears in 1906. 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 — 6 6 #10,757
2024 — 9 9 #8,358
2023 — 13 13 #6,544
2022 — 16 16 #5,650
2021 — 17 17 #5,356
2020 — 31 31 #3,505
2019 — 25 25 #4,123
2018 — 34 34 #3,309
2017 — 35 35 #3,251
2016 — 43 43 #2,792
2015 — 55 55 #2,361
2014 — 61 61 #2,214
2013 — 55 55 #2,302
2012 — 57 57 #2,273
2011 — 49 49 #2,508
2010 — 44 44 #2,739
2009 — 37 37 #3,111
2008 — 33 33 #3,354
2007 — 30 30 #3,514
2006 — 39 39 #2,886
2005 — 22 22 #4,073
2004 — 24 24 #3,751
2003 — 20 20 #4,139
2002 — 15 15 #4,942
2001 — 8 8 #7,601
1999 — 8 8 #7,197
1996 — 5 5 #9,102
1955 — 6 6 #3,612
1954 — 6 6 #3,545
1948 — 5 5 #3,805
1939 — 5 5 #3,613
1938 — 6 6 #3,288
1937 — 5 5 #3,651
1936 — 6 6 #3,268
1935 — 5 5 #3,761
1934 — 8 8 #2,838
1933 — 5 5 #3,767
1932 — 6 6 #3,471
1931 — 7 7 #3,172
1930 — 7 7 #3,371
1929 — 7 7 #3,322
1928 — 7 7 #3,446
1927 — 9 9 #2,992
1926 — 9 9 #2,984
1925 — 9 9 #3,014
1924 — 8 8 #3,320
1923 — 6 6 #3,929
1922 — 7 7 #3,619
1921 — 17 17 #2,026
1920 — 8 8 #3,280
1919 — 8 8 #3,193
1918 — 13 13 #2,331
1917 — 7 7 #3,295
1916 — 10 10 #2,627
1915 — 9 9 #2,702
1914 — 6 6 #3,028
1913 — 5 5 #2,964
1906 — 6 6 #1,242