Elijah is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #12 for boy births in the United States, given to 11,126 babies. Elijah first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2011 (14,034 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11,126 | #12 |
| 2024 | 11,264 | #14 |
| 2023 | 11,543 | #10 |
| 2022 | 12,126 | #10 |
| 2021 | 12,873 | #9 |
| 2020 | 13,269 | #6 |
| 2019 | 13,457 | #9 |
| 2018 | 13,053 | #13 |
| 2017 | 13,477 | #14 |
| 2016 | 14,009 | #15 |
| 2015 | 13,738 | #18 |
| 2014 | 13,920 | #17 |
| 2013 | 13,862 | #16 |
| 2012 | 13,942 | #18 |
| 2011 | 14,034 | #19 |
| 2010 | 13,968 | #25 |
| 2009 | 12,883 | #30 |
| 2008 | 13,285 | #29 |
| 2007 | 12,464 | #43 |
| 2006 | 12,093 | #44 |
| 2005 | 11,651 | #47 |
| 2004 | 11,791 | #48 |
| 2003 | 10,711 | #57 |
| 2002 | 10,092 | #62 |
| 2001 | 8,381 | #75 |
| 2000 | 7,497 | #89 |
| 1999 | 6,632 | #106 |
| 1998 | 5,712 | #124 |
| 1997 | 5,121 | #139 |
| 1996 | 4,854 | #156 |
| 1995 | 4,012 | #184 |
| 1994 | 2,643 | #252 |
| 1993 | 1,895 | #341 |
| 1992 | 1,544 | #395 |
| 1991 | 1,361 | #440 |
| 1990 | 1,150 | #487 |
| 1989 | 1,004 | #523 |
| 1988 | 894 | #546 |
| 1987 | 755 | #612 |
| 1986 | 729 | #622 |
| 1985 | 689 | #643 |
| 1984 | 636 | #679 |
| 1983 | 681 | #639 |
| 1982 | 748 | #607 |
| 1981 | 757 | #594 |
| 1980 | 759 | #602 |
| 1979 | 702 | #627 |
| 1978 | 555 | #698 |
| 1977 | 509 | #748 |
| 1976 | 310 | #994 |
| 1975 | 263 | #1,085 |
| 1974 | 287 | #1,023 |
| 1973 | 212 | #1,212 |
| 1972 | 209 | #1,232 |
| 1971 | 196 | #1,315 |
| 1970 | 184 | #1,353 |
| 1969 | 143 | #1,498 |
| 1968 | 122 | #1,562 |
| 1967 | 134 | #1,482 |
| 1966 | 140 | #1,430 |
| 1965 | 122 | #1,552 |
| 1964 | 161 | #1,413 |
| 1963 | 149 | #1,469 |
| 1962 | 179 | #1,331 |
| 1961 | 194 | #1,281 |
| 1960 | 180 | #1,314 |
| 1959 | 185 | #1,293 |
| 1958 | 209 | #1,194 |
| 1957 | 218 | #1,169 |
| 1956 | 197 | #1,194 |
| 1955 | 235 | #1,065 |
| 1954 | 259 | #987 |
| 1953 | 248 | #1,000 |
| 1952 | 263 | #944 |
| 1951 | 223 | #1,012 |
| 1950 | 282 | #875 |
| 1949 | 267 | #899 |
| 1948 | 249 | #934 |
| 1947 | 296 | #867 |
| 1946 | 222 | #942 |
| 1945 | 237 | #840 |
| 1944 | 227 | #854 |
| 1943 | 221 | #900 |
| 1942 | 245 | #844 |
| 1941 | 239 | #803 |
| 1940 | 201 | #861 |
| 1939 | 237 | #794 |
| 1938 | 195 | #863 |
| 1937 | 216 | #806 |
| 1936 | 221 | #785 |
| 1935 | 210 | #806 |
| 1934 | 209 | #815 |
| 1933 | 198 | #833 |
| 1932 | 231 | #783 |
| 1931 | 198 | #836 |
| 1930 | 226 | #808 |
| 1929 | 248 | #768 |
| 1928 | 255 | #775 |
| 1927 | 290 | #728 |
| 1926 | 283 | #739 |
| 1925 | 283 | #746 |
| 1924 | 261 | #794 |
| 1923 | 302 | #714 |
| 1922 | 311 | #699 |
| 1921 | 257 | #796 |
| 1920 | 277 | #750 |
| 1919 | 295 | #704 |
| 1918 | 264 | #760 |
| 1917 | 256 | #743 |
| 1916 | 232 | #760 |
| 1915 | 243 | #722 |
| 1914 | 187 | #731 |
| 1913 | 149 | #738 |
| 1912 | 142 | #692 |
| 1911 | 94 | #687 |
| 1910 | 101 | #628 |
| 1909 | 90 | #618 |
| 1908 | 64 | #718 |
| 1907 | 76 | #643 |
| 1906 | 65 | #662 |
| 1905 | 81 | #589 |
| 1904 | 60 | #664 |
| 1903 | 58 | #652 |
| 1902 | 66 | #603 |
| 1901 | 79 | #529 |
| 1900 | 86 | #569 |
| 1899 | 64 | #570 |
| 1898 | 76 | #555 |
| 1897 | 65 | #573 |
| 1896 | 87 | #501 |
| 1895 | 75 | #525 |
| 1894 | 54 | #617 |
| 1893 | 77 | #498 |
| 1892 | 85 | #477 |
| 1891 | 57 | #542 |
| 1890 | 64 | #523 |
| 1889 | 61 | #522 |
| 1888 | 88 | #419 |
| 1887 | 75 | #410 |
| 1886 | 93 | #357 |
| 1885 | 82 | #380 |
| 1884 | 85 | #368 |
| 1883 | 92 | #307 |
| 1882 | 111 | #277 |
| 1881 | 69 | #351 |
| 1880 | 100 | #277 |