Elija
Elija is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200856 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1889
- 1,154people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,154 boys have been named Elija in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 56 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 36%.
By decade
In 2008, its biggest year
Elija was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Elija
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Edvinpeak 2006
- Haganpeak 2009
- Isaiahpeak 2006
- Adairpeak 2007
- Reecepeak 2001
- Gersonpeak 2008
- Sebastienpeak 2007
- Loganpeak 2007
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.