Elihu
Elihu is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. Its best rank was 541st, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 170.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192826 births
- Best rank
- #541in 1881
- Since 1880
- 1,222people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,222 boys have been named Elihu in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 26 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Elihu | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | |
| 1890s | 11 | |
| 1900s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 154 | |
| 1920s | 178 | |
| 1930s | 92 | |
| 1940s | 71 | |
| 1950s | 56 | |
| 1960s | 30 | |
| 1970s | 41 | |
| 1980s | 57 | |
| 1990s | 101 | |
| 2000s | 158 | |
| 2010s | 157 | |
| 2020s | 82 |
In 1928, its biggest year
Elihu was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1928 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Elihu
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harmanpeak 2008
- Manningpeak 1916
- Arlingtonpeak 1917
- Sumnerpeak 1920
- Tildenpeak 2022
- Bertonpeak 1924
- Leanderpeak 2023
- Buddpeak 1923
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.