Elihu
#4,218 most common boys' name of all time · #10,335 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#4,218
Rank overall
#10,335 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
1,236
Since 2016
171
Peak year
1928 #1,453
Best rank
#558 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 26/yr
Elihu 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,150 |
| 2024 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,453 |
| 2023 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,476 |
| 2022 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,152 |
| 2021 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,572 |
| 2020 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,048 |
| 2019 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,812 |
| 2018 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,109 |
| 2017 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2016 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2015 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,516 |
| 2014 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,740 |
| 2013 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,929 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,881 |
| 2011 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,262 |
| 2010 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,483 |
| 2009 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,438 |
| 2008 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,909 |
| 2007 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,906 |
| 2006 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,874 |
| 2005 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,833 |
| 2004 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,258 |
| 2003 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,822 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,666 |
| 2001 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,311 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,933 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,728 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,479 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,635 |
| 1996 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,031 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,939 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,887 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,780 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,454 |
| 1991 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,980 |
| 1989 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,541 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,989 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,667 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,572 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,002 |
| 1983 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,898 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,993 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,427 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,402 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,630 |
| 1974 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,140 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,255 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,985 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,064 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,074 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,112 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,582 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,970 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,219 |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,200 |
| 1953 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,402 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,393 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,043 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,039 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,464 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,886 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,703 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,463 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,570 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,966 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,229 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,345 |
| 1939 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,668 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,501 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,882 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1934 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,775 |
| 1933 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,116 |
| 1932 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,490 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,125 |
| 1930 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1929 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,949 |
| 1928 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,453 |
| 1927 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1926 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,675 |
| 1925 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1924 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,848 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,491 |
| 1922 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1921 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1920 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,141 |
| 1919 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,703 |
| 1918 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,658 |
| 1917 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,699 |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,600 |
| 1915 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,466 |
| 1914 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,354 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,695 |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,285 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,426 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,080 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #990 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,118 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,074 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #940 |
| 1881 | — | 11 | 11 | #558 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #861 |