Elijah

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Meaning

Elijah is a masculine given name after the prophet Elijah in the Hebrew Bible. Elijah was among the five most popular names for Black newborn boys in the American state of Virginia in 2022 and again in 2023. In 2022, it was the 37th-most popular name given to boys in Canada.

From Wikipedia

Elijah first appears in the data in 1997 and has been recorded in 28 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 1,339 babies (rank #32 that year). In 2025 it was given to 850 boys (rank #9). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Elijah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Elijah yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

12,980
Total babies (all years)
28
Years in the data
1,339
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199744#112
199846#110
200051#112
200148#114
200265#102
2003193#70
2004207#65
2005206#72
2006106#93
2007125#80
2008196#87
2009261#61
2010311#47
2011309#48
2012322#50
2013389#39
2014467#36
20151,339#32
20161,151#40
2017750#23
2018816#19
20191,144#14
2020952#10
2021673#11
2022623#13
2023546#13
2024790#11
2025850#9