boys:
1.1k births since 1967
#3542 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1967
#6685 (14th percentile)
The name Elimelech is the #6,685 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,054 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 13.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,542 (22.7% percentile) for all time with 1,054 births since 1967.
Elimelech first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (first recorded for boys in 1967). Birth data for Elimelech is available in 46 out of the 57 years between 1967 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, Elimelech reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #884) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Elimelech ranks #883 for boys (3.1% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 75.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elimelech".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Elimelech. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.8% confident that Elimelech is pronounced as EH-lih-MEH-lehk, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is eh-lih-MEH-lehk, at 31.1% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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