How Many People Are Named Elija?
people named Elija are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 322,134 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,169 babies named Elija in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
56 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elija in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elija alive today is about 18 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elija first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 2008, to 56 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elija has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,012, in 1889. In 2025 it ranked #6,213.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,213 |
| Best rank | #1,012 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,654 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elija alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elija were born in California than in any other state: about 71 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elija was given about 4.3 times as often in California.
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