Eligh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-ly
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Eligh is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “ascension”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Eligh mean?
Hebrew: modern spelling of Eli
“ascension”
A modern spelling of Eli, the biblical high priest who raised Samuel.
Is Eligh a girl's or a boy's name?
Eligh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eligh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Eligh, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Eligh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 427 boys in the UK were given Eligh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #153, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Eligh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Eligh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Eligh, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Eligh than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Eligh in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,505 boys in the US were given Eligh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #112, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Eligh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 55 | #2,354 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,203 |
| 2013 | 55 | #2,298 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 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 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
Names like Eligh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elijah, Noah, Ezra, Elias, Jonah, Ellis, Enzo, Theo, Asher, Oakley, Hudson, Axel
Other spellings of Eligh
Names related to Eligh
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Eligh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eligh, updated 20 October 2026.