How Many People Are Named Elijah?
people named Elijah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 934 people in the US has this name
Based on 381,915 babies named Elijah in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
14,034 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyyahu) meaning "my God is YAHWEH". Elijah was a Hebrew prophet and miracle worker, as told in the two Books of Kings in the Old Testament. He was active in the 9th century BC during the reign of King Ahab of Israel and his Phoenician-born queen Jezebel. Elijah confronted the king and queen over their idolatry of the Canaanite god Ba'al and other wicked deeds. At the end of his life he was carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and was succeeded by Elisha. In the New Testament, Elijah and Moses appear next to Jesus when he is transfigured.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Elijah (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elijah alive today is about 15 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elijah first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2011, to 14,034 babies. In 2025, 11,126 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elijah reached #4 among boys' names in 2020 to 2021, and was in the top 10 for 10 years, 2016 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #7.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7 |
| Best rank | #4 (2020 to 2021) |
| Years in the top 10 | 10 |
| Years in the top 100 | 31 (1995 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #10 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elijah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elijah were born in California than in any other state: about 41,061 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elijah was given 1.9 times as often in Hawaii, 1.7 times in New Mexico and 1.6 times in Mississippi.
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