Meaning not yet researched.
Elijah: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 11,111 in 2025. Its best rank was #4 in 2021.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #4 in 2021; #7 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Elijah in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2021, at #4.
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Elijah: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 11,111 boys in 2025. Peak: #4 in 2021 · most boys in one year: 14,001 (2011).
In 2025, 11,111 US boys were named Elijah, making it the 7th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1 place from #8 in 2024. That is 127 fewer than the 11,238 boys named Elijah in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #4, reached in 2021. The most boys given the name in a single year was 14,001, in 2011. For comparison, it was #11 in 2015 and #403 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elijah in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 100 babies with the name. In all, 381,915 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 137,460 babies named Elijah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 125,936 US boys were named Elijah; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 13,982. In 2025 that was about 1 in 154 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elijah ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #1 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Elias (129,502 babies since 1880) and Elyjah (1,961 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Elija, Ilijah and Ellijah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Eli and Lige.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Elija (1,169), Ilijah (590), Ellijah (581), Ilija (177), Elaijah (175), Elajah (153), Elayjah (109), Eliajah (52), Elijaah (49), Eliijah (48), Elijaha (38), Elijay (26), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 49 | #1 | #8 |
| Florida | 868 | #4 | #9 |
| Louisiana | 186 | #4 | #4 |
| New Mexico | 76 | #4 | #2 |
| Georgia | 473 | #4 | #4 |
| Arkansas | 138 | #4 | #2 |
| Mississippi | 109 | #5 | #5 |
| South Carolina | 215 | #5 | #5 |
| Oklahoma | 175 | #5 | #1 |
| Texas | 1,455 | #6 | #13 |
| North Carolina | 426 | #7 | #6 |
| Nevada | 105 | #7 | #25 |
| Indiana | 230 | #8 | #4 |
| Virginia | 314 | #8 | #10 |
| Kentucky | 185 | #8 | #3 |
| Delaware | 34 | #8 | #26 |
| Arizona | 266 | #9 | #15 |
| Ohio | 393 | #9 | #15 |
| Kansas | 119 | #9 | #15 |
| Alaska | 30 | #9 | #21 |
| California | 1,257 | #10 | #23 |
| Michigan | 312 | #10 | #9 |
| Alabama | 184 | #10 | #5 |
| Washington | 244 | #10 | #13 |
| Tennessee | 270 | #11 | #4 |
| Iowa | 101 | #11 | #8 |
| Missouri | 210 | #11 | #6 |
| South Dakota | 35 | #11 | #28 |
| Colorado | 191 | #11 | #9 |
| Maryland | 163 | #11 | #21 |
| West Virginia | 56 | #12 | #16 |
| Oregon | 104 | #13 | #8 |
| Idaho | 70 | #13 | #6 |
| North Dakota | 30 | #15 | #14 |
| Pennsylvania | 350 | #16 | #22 |
| Wisconsin | 150 | #18 | #15 |
| Illinois | 296 | #18 | #26 |
| Wyoming | 13 | #22 | #21 |
| Minnesota | 135 | #22 | #16 |
| Connecticut | 90 | #26 | #40 |
| Vermont | 12 | #28 | #19 |
| New Hampshire | 35 | #28 | #33 |
| Nebraska | 53 | #28 | #14 |
| Montana | 27 | #31 | #18 |
| Maine | 29 | #33 | #21 |
| Utah | 99 | #33 | #32 |
| New York | 391 | #35 | #34 |
| Massachusetts | 142 | #36 | #42 |
| District of Columbia | 19 | #36 | #28 |
| Rhode Island | 20 | #38 | #28 |
| New Jersey | 177 | #49 | #37 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,226 | 11,111 | #7 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,056 | 11,238 | #8 |
| 2023 | 20 | #6,025 | 11,523 | #5 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,401 | 12,094 | #5 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,755 | 12,845 | #4 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,380 | 13,238 | #4 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,848 | 13,436 | #5 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,260 | 13,020 | #7 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,842 | 13,449 | #8 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,037 | 13,982 | #9 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,894 | 13,710 | #11 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,295 | 13,886 | #11 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,355 | 13,829 | #11 |
| 2012 | 28 | #5,000 | 13,914 | #13 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,390 | 14,001 | #13 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,376 | 13,920 | #18 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,125 | 12,846 | #21 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,663 | 13,241 | #22 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,936 | 12,424 | #30 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,946 | 12,055 | #29 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,755 | 11,612 | #31 |
| 2004 | 77 | #2,268 | 11,714 | #31 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,198 | 10,665 | #37 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,477 | 10,053 | #41 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,266 | 8,339 | #45 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,698 | 7,472 | #52 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,458 | 6,596 | #60 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,702 | 5,662 | #66 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,567 | 5,089 | #74 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,251 | 4,818 | #81 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,238 | 3,977 | #93 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,570 | 2,621 | #133 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,746 | 1,882 | #170 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,734 | 1,523 | #203 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,743 | 1,345 | #222 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,465 | 1,139 | #243 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,269 | 991 | #257 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,623 | 886 | #266 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,542 | 746 | #289 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,292 | 718 | #290 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,778 | 681 | #299 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,887 | 631 | #310 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,355 | 671 | #296 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,043 | 739 | #280 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,371 | 750 | #277 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,840 | 754 | #279 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,323 | 696 | #290 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,856 | 548 | #320 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,062 | 504 | #350 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,196 | 301 | #452 |
| 1975 | — | — | 263 | #491 |
| 1974 | — | — | 287 | #472 |
| 1973 | — | — | 212 | #537 |
| 1972 | — | — | 209 | #552 |
| 1971 | — | — | 196 | #589 |
| 1970 | — | — | 184 | #597 |
| 1969 | — | — | 143 | #660 |
| 1968 | — | — | 122 | #680 |
| 1967 | — | — | 134 | #645 |
| 1966 | — | — | 140 | #626 |
| 1965 | — | — | 122 | #672 |
| 1964 | — | — | 161 | #618 |
| 1963 | — | — | 149 | #642 |
| 1962 | — | — | 179 | #583 |
| 1961 | — | — | 194 | #565 |
| 1960 | — | — | 180 | #580 |
| 1959 | — | — | 185 | #575 |
| 1958 | — | — | 209 | #532 |
| 1957 | — | — | 218 | #522 |
| 1956 | — | — | 197 | #533 |
| 1955 | — | — | 235 | #478 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,978 | 254 | #453 |
| 1953 | — | — | 248 | #455 |
| 1952 | — | — | 263 | #431 |
| 1951 | — | — | 223 | #453 |
| 1950 | — | — | 282 | #403 |
| 1949 | — | — | 267 | #415 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,473 | 244 | #427 |
| 1947 | — | — | 296 | #399 |
| 1946 | — | — | 222 | #426 |
| 1945 | — | — | 237 | #388 |
| 1944 | — | — | 227 | #399 |
| 1943 | — | — | 221 | #416 |
| 1942 | — | — | 245 | #388 |
| 1941 | — | — | 239 | #375 |
| 1940 | — | — | 201 | #405 |
| 1939 | — | — | 237 | #371 |
| 1938 | — | — | 195 | #407 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,928 | 210 | #382 |
| 1936 | — | — | 221 | #365 |
| 1935 | — | — | 210 | #374 |
| 1934 | — | — | 209 | #379 |
| 1933 | — | — | 198 | #386 |
| 1932 | — | — | 231 | #365 |
| 1931 | — | — | 198 | #400 |
| 1930 | — | — | 226 | #378 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,779 | 243 | #368 |
| 1928 | — | — | 255 | #365 |
| 1927 | — | — | 290 | #336 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,987 | 276 | #348 |
| 1925 | — | — | 283 | #348 |
| 1924 | — | — | 261 | #375 |
| 1923 | — | — | 302 | #335 |
| 1922 | — | — | 311 | #327 |
| 1921 | — | — | 257 | #378 |
| 1920 | — | — | 277 | #356 |
| 1919 | — | — | 295 | #327 |
| 1918 | — | — | 264 | #358 |
| 1917 | — | — | 256 | #348 |
| 1916 | — | — | 232 | #353 |
| 1915 | — | — | 243 | #340 |
| 1914 | — | — | 187 | #340 |
| 1913 | — | — | 149 | #335 |
| 1912 | — | — | 142 | #303 |
| 1911 | — | — | 94 | #269 |
| 1910 | — | — | 101 | #234 |
| 1909 | — | — | 90 | #231 |
| 1908 | — | — | 64 | #266 |
| 1907 | — | — | 76 | #234 |
| 1906 | — | — | 65 | #243 |
| 1905 | — | — | 81 | #212 |
| 1904 | — | — | 60 | #243 |
| 1903 | — | — | 58 | #240 |
| 1902 | — | — | 66 | #221 |
| 1901 | — | — | 79 | #184 |
| 1900 | — | — | 86 | #211 |
| 1899 | — | — | 64 | #205 |
| 1898 | — | — | 76 | #197 |
| 1897 | — | — | 65 | #209 |
| 1896 | — | — | 87 | #186 |
| 1895 | — | — | 75 | #194 |
| 1894 | — | — | 54 | #235 |
| 1893 | — | — | 77 | #189 |
| 1892 | — | — | 85 | #184 |
| 1891 | — | — | 57 | #210 |
| 1890 | — | — | 64 | #204 |
| 1889 | — | — | 61 | #209 |
| 1888 | — | — | 88 | #171 |
| 1887 | — | — | 75 | #169 |
| 1886 | — | — | 93 | #152 |
| 1885 | — | — | 82 | #163 |
| 1884 | — | — | 85 | #164 |
| 1883 | — | — | 92 | #135 |
| 1882 | — | — | 111 | #126 |
| 1881 | — | — | 69 | #172 |
| 1880 | — | — | 100 | #135 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).