boys:
11 births since 2017
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
11 births since 2017
#7728 (0th percentile)
The name Elishama is the #7,728 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11 recorded births since 2017. This represents the 0.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 2017.
Elishama first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2017 (first recorded for boys in 2017). Birth data for Elishama is available in 2 out of the 7 years between 2017 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, Elishama reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #910) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). Currently, Elishama is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elishama".
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Our model has identified 14 different pronunciations for the name Elishama. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 17.9% confident that Elishama is pronounced as ih-lih-SHAH-muh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-LEE-shuh-muh, at 15.4% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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