Elajah

ih-LA-juh /ᵻˈlædʒə/
girl 3 syllables fading

Elajah is a very rare variant of Elijah that was most common in the 2000s and has all but disappeared.

Elajah is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Elajah was first reported in SSA data in 1999 and peaked in 2008 (15 births).

About the name Elajah

Pronunciationih-LA-juh /ᵻˈlædʒə/
15peak births 2008
1999first in SSA data

Names similar to Elajah

How popular is Elajah?

Girls named Elajah
199920002005201020152017
Girls named Elajah per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1999–2017 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2017) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Elajah total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201766#14,636
20151010#10,346
201477#13,479
201399#11,272
201266#15,508
201199#11,467
20101111#9,967
20091414#8,575
20081515#8,233
200799#11,911
200699#11,714
200477#13,155
20031111#9,228
200277#12,600
200199#10,349
200055#15,766
199999#9,730