boys:
835 births since 1989
#3752 (18th percentile)
overall:
835 births since 1989
#6904 (11th percentile)
The name Eliab is the #6,904 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 835 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 10.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,752 (18.1% percentile) for all time with 835 births since 1989.
Eliab first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (first recorded for boys in 1989). Birth data for Eliab is available in 32 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Eliab reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 10.1% percentile (ranked #831) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 52 births per million (ranked 10.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1995, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Eliab ranks #852 for boys (6.5% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 66.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Eliab".
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Our model has identified 17 different pronunciations for the name Eliab. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 22.0% confident that Eliab is pronounced as ee-LAI-ab, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-lee-ab, at 12.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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