How Many People Are Named Elihu?
people named Elihu are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 486,873 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,236 babies named Elihu in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
26 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "my God is he" in Hebrew. This was the name of several characters in the Old Testament including one of the friends of Job.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elihu in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elihu alive today is about 28 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elihu first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1928, to 26 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elihu has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #541, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #6,212.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,212 |
| Best rank | #541 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,892 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elihu alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elihu were born in California than in any other state: about 28 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elihu was given about 6.4 times as often in New York.
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