girls:
725 births since 1991
#4991 (13th percentile)
boys:
565 births since 1899
#4021 (12th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1899
#6452 (17th percentile)
The name Elizah is the #6,452 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,290 recorded births since 1899. This represents the 16.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,991 (12.7% percentile) for all time with 725 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #4,021 (12.3% percentile) for all time with 565 births since 1899.
Elizah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1899 (1899 for boys and 1991 for girls). Birth data for Elizah is available in 76 out of the 125 years between 1899 and 2023 (72 years for boys and 31 years for girls). 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.
The name Elizah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 82.7% of babies named Elizah were girls. Interestingly, until around 2002, the name was more popular for boys (82.3% boys from 1899 to 2001), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (78.7% girls from 2002 to 2023).
For girls, Elizah reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #906) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Elizah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #909 (4.0% percentile) with 25 births per million.
For boys, Elizah reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #792) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1899, with 52 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Elizah ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 9.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elizah".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Elizah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.6% confident that Elizah is pronounced as ee-LAI-zuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-LEE-zuh, at 26.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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