Elijah

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Elijah first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 13,997 babies (rank #13 that year). In 2024 it was given to 11,171 boys (rank #8). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
370,593
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
13,997
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880100#135
188169#172
1882111#126
188392#135
188485#164
188582#163
188693#152
188775#169
188888#171
188961#209
189064#204
189157#210
189285#184
189377#189
189454#235
189575#194
189687#186
189765#209
189876#197
189964#205
190086#211
190179#184
190266#221
190358#240
190460#243
190581#212
190665#243
190776#234
190864#266
190990#231
1910101#234
191194#269
1912142#303
1913149#335
1914187#340
1915243#340
1916232#353
1917256#348
1918264#358
1919295#327
1920277#356
1921257#378
1922311#327
1923302#335
1924261#375
1925283#348
1926276#348
1927290#336
1928255#365
1929243#368
1930226#378
1931198#400
1932231#365
1933198#386
1934209#379
1935210#374
1936221#365
1937210#382
1938195#407
1939237#371
1940201#405
1941239#375
1942245#387
1943221#416
1944227#399
1945237#388
1946222#426
1947296#399
1948244#427
1949267#415
1950282#403
1951223#453
1952263#431
1953248#455
1954254#453
1955235#478
1956197#533
1957218#522
1958209#532
1959185#575
1960180#580
1961194#564
1962179#583
1963149#642
1964161#618
1965122#672
1966140#626
1967134#646
1968122#680
1969143#660
1970184#597
1971196#589
1972209#552
1973212#537
1974288#472
1975263#491
1976302#450
1977504#350
1978548#320
1979696#290
1980754#279
1981750#277
1982739#280
1983671#296
1984631#310
1985681#299
1986718#290
1987746#289
1988886#266
1989991#257
19901,139#243
19911,345#222
19921,523#203
19931,882#170
19942,621#133
19953,976#93
19964,818#81
19975,089#74
19985,662#66
19996,596#60
20007,472#52
20018,339#45
200210,053#41
200310,665#37
200411,714#31
200511,612#31
200612,055#29
200712,424#30
200813,239#22
200912,845#21
201013,919#18
201113,997#13
201213,909#13
201313,826#11
201413,881#11
201513,707#11
201613,970#9
201713,444#8
201813,012#7
201913,428#5
202013,224#4
202112,825#4
202212,075#5
202311,503#5
202411,171#8