Eligah

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Eligah first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 117 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1918 with 52 babies (rank #922 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Eligah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Eligah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

33Destiny numberThe master teacherSelfless guidance and uplift — a heightened 6.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,740

Total babies (all years)

117

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	7	#767
1882	7	#776
1884	6	#889
1886	5	#1,009
1889	5	#1,011
1890	6	#923
1891	7	#791
1892	5	#1,118
1893	7	#856
1894	9	#751
1895	7	#908
1897	8	#806
1898	6	#1,039
1899	8	#805
1900	10	#858
1901	6	#982
1902	14	#597
1903	7	#935
1904	10	#774
1905	7	#1,025
1906	9	#870
1907	7	#1,129
1908	8	#1,042
1909	8	#1,104
1910	14	#832
1911	13	#941
1912	18	#1,106
1913	21	#1,123
1914	25	#1,166
1915	32	#1,146
1916	24	#1,426
1917	30	#1,244
1918	52	#922
1919	29	#1,330
1920	23	#1,607
1921	31	#1,337
1922	38	#1,164
1923	43	#1,089
1924	39	#1,159
1925	22	#1,645
1926	30	#1,335
1927	39	#1,149
1928	32	#1,280
1929	33	#1,224
1930	41	#1,084
1931	24	#1,434
1932	29	#1,267
1933	15	#1,852
1934	36	#1,106
1935	31	#1,205
1936	25	#1,332
1937	22	#1,461
1938	18	#1,631
1939	25	#1,331
1940	24	#1,376
1941	21	#1,500
1942	25	#1,394
1943	17	#1,787
1944	22	#1,453
1945	19	#1,548
1946	21	#1,571
1947	18	#1,804
1948	14	#2,052
1949	16	#1,886
1950	20	#1,668
1951	19	#1,744
1952	16	#1,961
1953	16	#1,987
1954	14	#2,143
1955	13	#2,247
1956	12	#2,405
1957	6	#3,682
1958	9	#2,892
1959	9	#2,888
1961	7	#3,453
1962	8	#3,127
1963	7	#3,422
1965	7	#3,335
1968	8	#3,186
1970	13	#2,657
1974	7	#4,308
1977	6	#5,343
1979	8	#4,540
1980	5	#6,551
1981	8	#4,643
1982	7	#5,193
1983	7	#5,082
1984	5	#6,612
1985	6	#6,022
1987	6	#6,355
1988	9	#4,910
1989	8	#5,799
1990	7	#6,632
1994	10	#5,577
1995	13	#4,599
1996	15	#4,238
1997	5	#9,711
1998	5	#10,100
1999	12	#5,412
2000	7	#8,467
2001	10	#6,601
2002	9	#7,205
2003	16	#4,881
2004	10	#7,131
2005	11	#6,765
2006	13	#6,208
2007	13	#6,365
2008	11	#7,348
2009	13	#6,540
2010	8	#9,035
2011	14	#6,035
2012	9	#8,354
2013	6	#11,132
2014	7	#9,942
2015	8	#8,980
2020	5	#12,583
2021	7	#10,015