Eilah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Eilah by the numbers

Eilah was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Eilah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eilah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Eilafrom the oak tree; a form of Eilah100 in the US (2017)
  • Ellahgoddess or oak tree; a variant of Ella36 in the US (2017)
  • Elahoak tree17 in the US (2017)
  • Elilahgod is my god; a form of Elijah11 in the US (2017)
  • Eilaf6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Eylah5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Eilah

Names that are said the same way as Eilah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ellaall, completely; fairy maiden8,020 in the US (2017)
  • Ealanoble or precious19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Eylastrength of God; a form of Eyal17 in the US (2017)
  • Ela54 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Elea13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ellea6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Eilah

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