Elihu is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1928 and remains in steady use.
Elihu is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,216 for boy births in the United States (and #13,072 across all names), given to 14 babies. Elihu first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1928 (26 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | #6,216 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | #5,502 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | #5,522 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | #6,236 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | #5,615 |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 | #5,090 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | #4,844 |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 | #5,158 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #5,874 |
| 2016 | 22 | 22 | #4,511 |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 | #5,580 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | #5,810 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | #9,100 |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2010 | 16 | 16 | #5,556 |
| 2009 | 22 | 22 | #4,475 |
| 2008 | 19 | 19 | #4,948 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | #6,005 |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 | #4,921 |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | #4,889 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | #5,325 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | #4,882 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #7,870 |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | #4,348 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | #6,034 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #9,043 |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | #5,577 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #6,804 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #4,067 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #6,063 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #6,004 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #5,900 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #7,740 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | #4,303 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #4,037 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #4,604 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #7,295 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | #3,705 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #6,850 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #5,134 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #3,952 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #5,092 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,540 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | #3,450 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #5,864 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #3,194 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | #4,394 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,115 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #4,229 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #3,422 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,233 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,178 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,683 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #4,106 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #3,285 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #3,244 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | #2,321 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,476 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,458 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #3,121 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #3,094 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #2,495 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #2,940 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #2,762 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #3,574 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,689 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,017 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,242 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | #2,374 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | #2,508 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,706 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,545 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #2,967 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #3,819 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #2,803 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | #2,129 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,508 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | #2,132 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | #2,491 |
| 1929 | 16 | — | #1,952 |
| 1928 | 26 | — | #1,461 |
| 1927 | 21 | — | #1,708 |
| 1926 | 21 | — | #1,675 |
| 1925 | 15 | — | #2,117 |
| 1924 | 19 | — | #1,859 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #3,576 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | #1,914 |
| 1921 | 20 | — | #1,784 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | #2,162 |
| 1919 | 20 | — | #1,713 |
| 1918 | 21 | — | #1,671 |
| 1917 | 19 | — | #1,715 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | #1,611 |
| 1915 | 22 | — | #1,471 |
| 1914 | 20 | — | #1,355 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | #1,713 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | #1,292 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,429 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | #1,077 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #979 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,119 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,075 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #936 |
| 1881 | 11 | — | #541 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #848 |