male NAME · CURRENTLY #7

Elijah

ih-LIE-juh

“my God is Yahweh”

A biblical given name that has remained prominent in English-speaking naming traditions.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Elijah has traveled through time

1001880 821885 641890 751895 861900 811905 1011910 2431915 2771920 2831925 2261930 2101935 2011940 2371945 2821950 2351955 1801960 1221965 1841970 2631975 7591980 6891985 1,1501990 4,0121995 7,4972000 11,6512005 13,9682010 13,7382015 13,2692020 11,1262025
LATEST YEAR202511,126 births
PEAK RANK#4in 2020
CURRENT USAGE0.1% F99.9% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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