Elijah

A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning my God is Yahweh.

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US popularity
#7
up from #8
UK popularity
#23
1,659 babies · unchanged

How Elijah has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#1#8#14201520202025#7

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YearUS rank
2015#11
2016#9
2017#8
2018#7
2019#5
2020#4
2021#4
2022#5
2023#5
2024#8
2025#7

Elijah by the numbers

In 2025, 1,659 babies in England and Wales were named Elijah. In the US, 13,294 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 13,960 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

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Elijah as a share of American babies born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Elijah

Forms of Elijah in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Elliottbright fame; a form of Elijah2,996 in the US (2017)
  • Elliotbright fame; a form of Elijah544 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alijahmy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah676 in the US (2017)
  • Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
  • Eliotgod is my god; a form of Elijah205 in the US (2017)
  • Elieascended; a form of Elijah44 in the US (2017)
  • Iliasfrom troy; greek form of Elijah14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ilyamy God is Yahweh; Russian form of Elijah13 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Eliyahmy god is yahweh; variant of Elijah19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Eliahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah70 in the US (2017)
  • Elyjahmy God is Yahweh; a modern respelling of Elijah67 in the US (2017)
  • Elijiahmy God is Yahweh; spelling variant of Elijah22 in the US (2017)
  • Ellijahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Elijaahmy god is Yahweh; variant spelling of Elijah8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Elijah

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

  • Eliyjahmy god is yahweh; variant spelling of elijah7 in the US (2017)
  • Elaijahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean God

Like Elijah, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Michaelwho is like God?12,612 in the US (2017)
  • DanielGod is my judge11,654 in the US (2017)
  • Matthewgift of God11,623 in the US (2017)
  • SamuelGod has heard10,339 in the US (2017)
  • JohnGod is gracious9,444 in the US (2017)
  • GabrielGod is my strength9,110 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Elijah

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