girl's name

Eleah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 438

Eleah is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2009, when 19 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 207,211 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1983.

Eleah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Eleah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 5
1990s 29
2000s 94
2010s 120
2020s (to 2025) 79

How popular is Eleah?

In 2025, Eleah was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Eleah is used

United States #7,093 16 in 2025
France #7,238 5 in 2025
England & Wales #7,392 3 in 2016

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Eleah is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Eléah Eléah is a rare spelling of Eleah, written with an acute accent and recorded about 25 times, mostly in France. 25
Éléah Éléah is a rare spelling of Eleah, written with an acute accent and recorded about 20 times, mostly in France. 20

Names that peaked alongside Eleah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Eleah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Eleah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Eleah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Eleah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Eleah

How popular is the name Eleah?

In 2025, Eleah was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Eleah a girl's or a boy's name?

Eleah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Eleah most popular?

Eleah peaked in 2009, when 19 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Eleah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Eleah currently ranks #7,093 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.