How Many People Are Named Eliyahu?
people named Eliyahu are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 95,178 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,661 babies named Eliyahu in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
162 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of ELIYYAHU.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Eliyahu in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eliyahu alive today is about 16 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eliyahu first appears in the records in 1956, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 162 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Eliyahu has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,236, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,236.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,236 |
| Best rank | #1,236 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,424 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eliyahu alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eliyahu were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,527 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eliyahu was given 14.2 times as often in New Jersey and 8.7 times in New York.
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