Elijah is one of America's most popular boys' names, ranked #7 in 2025.
Elijah is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7 among boys (11,111) and #7,226 among girls (15) — overall #12 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11,126 | 11,156 | #7,226 | #7 |
| 2024 | 11,264 | 11,294 | #5,056 | #8 |
| 2023 | 11,543 | 11,573 | #6,025 | #5 |
| 2022 | 12,126 | 12,155 | #4,401 | #5 |
| 2021 | 12,873 | 12,892 | #4,755 | #4 |
| 2020 | 13,269 | 13,301 | #4,380 | #4 |
| 2019 | 13,457 | 13,482 | #5,848 | #5 |
| 2018 | 13,053 | 13,075 | #4,260 | #7 |
| 2017 | 13,477 | 13,501 | #4,842 | #8 |
| 2016 | 14,009 | 14,032 | #5,037 | #9 |
| 2015 | 13,738 | 13,761 | #4,894 | #11 |
| 2014 | 13,920 | 13,931 | #4,295 | #11 |
| 2013 | 13,862 | 13,874 | #4,355 | #11 |
| 2012 | 13,942 | 13,963 | #5,000 | #13 |
| 2011 | 14,034 | 14,048 | #4,390 | #13 |
| 2010 | 13,968 | 13,994 | #3,376 | #18 |
| 2009 | 12,883 | 12,905 | #4,125 | #21 |
| 2008 | 13,285 | 13,304 | #3,663 | #22 |
| 2007 | 12,464 | 12,483 | #3,936 | #30 |
| 2006 | 12,093 | 12,114 | #3,946 | #29 |
| 2005 | 11,651 | 11,667 | #3,755 | #31 |
| 2004 | 11,791 | 11,809 | #2,268 | #31 |
| 2003 | 10,711 | 10,741 | #3,198 | #37 |
| 2002 | 10,092 | 10,106 | #3,477 | #41 |
| 2001 | 8,381 | 8,394 | #3,266 | #45 |
| 2000 | 7,497 | 7,510 | #4,698 | #52 |
| 1999 | 6,632 | 6,644 | #3,458 | #60 |
| 1998 | 5,712 | 5,721 | #2,702 | #66 |
| 1997 | 5,121 | — | #3,567 | #74 |
| 1996 | 4,854 | — | #3,251 | #81 |
| 1995 | 4,012 | — | #3,238 | #93 |
| 1994 | 2,643 | — | #4,570 | #133 |
| 1993 | 1,895 | — | #6,746 | #170 |
| 1992 | 1,544 | — | #4,734 | #203 |
| 1991 | 1,361 | — | #5,743 | #222 |
| 1990 | 1,150 | — | #7,465 | #243 |
| 1989 | 1,004 | — | #6,269 | #257 |
| 1988 | 894 | — | #8,623 | #266 |
| 1987 | 755 | — | #7,542 | #289 |
| 1986 | 729 | — | #6,292 | #290 |
| 1985 | 689 | — | #7,778 | #299 |
| 1984 | 636 | — | #10,887 | #310 |
| 1983 | 681 | — | #6,355 | #296 |
| 1982 | 748 | — | #7,043 | #280 |
| 1981 | 757 | — | #8,371 | #277 |
| 1980 | 759 | — | #10,840 | #279 |
| 1979 | 702 | — | #9,323 | #290 |
| 1978 | 555 | — | #7,856 | #320 |
| 1977 | 509 | — | #10,062 | #350 |
| 1976 | 310 | — | #6,196 | #452 |
| 1975 | 263 | — | — | #491 |
| 1974 | 287 | — | — | #472 |
| 1973 | 212 | — | — | #537 |
| 1972 | 209 | — | — | #552 |
| 1971 | 196 | — | — | #589 |
| 1970 | 184 | — | — | #597 |
| 1969 | 143 | — | — | #660 |
| 1968 | 122 | — | — | #680 |
| 1967 | 134 | — | — | #645 |
| 1966 | 140 | — | — | #626 |
| 1965 | 122 | — | — | #672 |
| 1964 | 161 | — | — | #618 |
| 1963 | 149 | — | — | #642 |
| 1962 | 179 | — | — | #583 |
| 1961 | 194 | — | — | #565 |
| 1960 | 180 | — | — | #580 |
| 1959 | 185 | — | — | #575 |
| 1958 | 209 | — | — | #532 |
| 1957 | 218 | — | — | #522 |
| 1956 | 197 | — | — | #533 |
| 1955 | 235 | — | — | #478 |
| 1954 | 259 | — | #5,978 | #453 |
| 1953 | 248 | — | — | #455 |
| 1952 | 263 | — | — | #431 |
| 1951 | 223 | — | — | #453 |
| 1950 | 282 | — | — | #403 |
| 1949 | 267 | — | — | #415 |
| 1948 | 249 | — | #5,473 | #427 |
| 1947 | 296 | — | — | #399 |
| 1946 | 222 | — | — | #426 |
| 1945 | 237 | — | — | #388 |
| 1944 | 227 | — | — | #399 |
| 1943 | 221 | — | — | #416 |
| 1942 | 245 | — | — | #388 |
| 1941 | 239 | — | — | #375 |
| 1940 | 201 | — | — | #405 |
| 1939 | 237 | — | — | #371 |
| 1938 | 195 | — | — | #407 |
| 1937 | 216 | — | #3,928 | #382 |
| 1936 | 221 | — | — | #365 |
| 1935 | 210 | — | — | #374 |
| 1934 | 209 | — | — | #379 |
| 1933 | 198 | — | — | #386 |
| 1932 | 231 | — | — | #365 |
| 1931 | 198 | — | — | #400 |
| 1930 | 226 | — | — | #378 |
| 1929 | 248 | — | #4,779 | #368 |
| 1928 | 255 | — | — | #365 |
| 1927 | 290 | — | — | #336 |
| 1926 | 283 | — | #3,987 | #348 |
| 1925 | 283 | — | — | #348 |
| 1924 | 261 | — | — | #375 |
| 1923 | 302 | — | — | #335 |
| 1922 | 311 | — | — | #327 |
| 1921 | 257 | — | — | #378 |
| 1920 | 277 | — | — | #356 |
| 1919 | 295 | — | — | #327 |
| 1918 | 264 | — | — | #358 |
| 1917 | 256 | — | — | #348 |
| 1916 | 232 | — | — | #353 |
| 1915 | 243 | — | — | #340 |
| 1914 | 187 | — | — | #340 |
| 1913 | 149 | — | — | #335 |
| 1912 | 142 | — | — | #303 |
| 1911 | 94 | — | — | #269 |
| 1910 | 101 | — | — | #234 |
| 1909 | 90 | — | — | #231 |
| 1908 | 64 | — | — | #266 |
| 1907 | 76 | — | — | #234 |
| 1906 | 65 | — | — | #243 |
| 1905 | 81 | — | — | #212 |
| 1904 | 60 | — | — | #243 |
| 1903 | 58 | — | — | #240 |
| 1902 | 66 | — | — | #221 |
| 1901 | 79 | — | — | #184 |
| 1900 | 86 | — | — | #211 |
| 1899 | 64 | — | — | #205 |
| 1898 | 76 | — | — | #197 |
| 1897 | 65 | — | — | #209 |
| 1896 | 87 | — | — | #186 |
| 1895 | 75 | — | — | #194 |
| 1894 | 54 | — | — | #235 |
| 1893 | 77 | — | — | #189 |
| 1892 | 85 | — | — | #184 |
| 1891 | 57 | — | — | #210 |
| 1890 | 64 | — | — | #204 |
| 1889 | 61 | — | — | #209 |
| 1888 | 88 | — | — | #171 |
| 1887 | 75 | — | — | #169 |
| 1886 | 93 | — | — | #152 |
| 1885 | 82 | — | — | #163 |
| 1884 | 85 | — | — | #164 |
| 1883 | 92 | — | — | #135 |
| 1882 | 111 | — | — | #126 |
| 1881 | 69 | — | — | #172 |
| 1880 | 100 | — | — | #135 |