Elijiah
Elijiah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200875 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1979
- 1,143people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,143 boys have been named Elijiah in the United States since 1979, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 75 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2000s alone account for 48%.
By decade
In 2008, its biggest year
Elijiah was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Elijiah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Camrenpeak 2006
- Nevanpeak 2004
- Akhilpeak 2007
- Jakubpeak 2008
- Jayshawnpeak 2010
- Izakpeak 2008
- Javenpeak 2007
- Logenpeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.