unisex name

Elisah

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 144

Elisah is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 29% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2015 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2002, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.

Elisah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

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Births named Elisah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 11
1990s 20
2000s 82
2010s (to 2015) 21

How popular is Elisah?

In 2015, Elisah was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Elisah is used

France #6,023 5 in 2018
United States #9,633 7 in 2015

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.

Names that peaked alongside Elisah

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

Parents who like Elisah also like

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

Sibling names for Elisah

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

Common questions about Elisah

How popular is the name Elisah?

In 2015, Elisah was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Elisah is used for both girls and boys. About 29% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Elisah most popular?

Elisah peaked in 2002, when 18 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.