Elah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Elah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “terebinth tree, oak”. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Elah mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew elah
“terebinth tree, oak”
The Valley of Elah is where David fought Goliath; elah is the Hebrew word for the terebinth tree.
Is Elah a girl's or a boy's name?
Elah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,264th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Elah, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1905.
2025 had more girls named Elah than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Elah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
Names like Elah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Salem, Selah, Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Safa, Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Kaliyah, Zaya, Emunah, Zamira
Names related to Elah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elah, updated 20 October 2026.