boy's name
Eligh
- Gender Boy
- Letters 5
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 1,118
Eligh is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2014, when 61 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1906.
Eligh over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1900s 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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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 |
| 1910s | 58 |
| 1920s | 87 |
| 1930s | 60 |
| 1940s | 5 |
| 1950s | 12 |
| 1990s | 13 |
| 2000s | 228 |
| 2010s | 458 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 92 |
How popular is Eligh?
In 2025, Eligh was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Eligh is used
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.
Names that peaked alongside Eligh
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Eligh also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Eligh over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Eligh
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Eligh — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Eligh
How popular is the name Eligh?
In 2025, Eligh was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Eligh a girl's or a boy's name?
Eligh is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Eligh most popular?
Eligh peaked in 2014, when 61 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Eligh a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Eligh currently ranks #5,924 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.