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 1996 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2020 with 1,668 babies (rank #30 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,661 boys (rank #23). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

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.

22,378
Total babies (all years)
29
Years in the data
1,668
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
199678#312
199791#292
199865#361
199983#319
200099#274
200198#280
2002160#210
2003216#179
2004249#168
2005300#155
2006293#165
2007374#143
2008421#136
2009419#141
2010523#120
2011701#91
2012792#82
2013908#69
20141,125#53
20151,294#46
20161,412#44
20171,511#41
20181,519#41
20191,621#38
20201,668#30
20211,657#33
20221,549#33
20231,482#31
20241,661#23