NameTides

Elijah

Elijah was the #7 boys' name in the US in 2025 (11,111 babies), and #23 in England & Wales and #29 in Canada.

Elijah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Elijah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandCanadaScotlandIreland
Elijah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#7 (11,111)#23 (1,659)#59 (76)#59 (38)#97 (59)#29 (650)#7 (349)#13 (269)
2024#8 (11,238)#23 (1,661)#76 (67)#57 (44)#129 (42)#33 (613)#10 (314)#16 (254)
2023#5 (11,523)#31 (1,482)#78 (66)#52 (45)#103 (56)#34 (591)#16 (254)#16 (220)
2022#5 (12,094)#33 (1,549)#94 (58)#53 (50)#102 (61)#36 (595)#13 (317)#20 (214)
2021#4 (12,845)#33 (1,657)#66 (83)#57 (51)#131 (48)#37 (660)#11 (331)#16 (253)
2020#4 (13,238)#30 (1,668)#100 (56)#71 (41)#111 (55)#41 (597)#9 (371)#19 (231)
2019#5 (13,436)#38 (1,621)#85 (74)#57 (52)#156 (37)#39 (644)#13 (333)#20 (247)
2018#7 (13,020)#41 (1,519)#82 (72)#75 (40)#133 (46)#46 (615)#13 (323)#28 (189)
2017#8 (13,449)#41 (1,511)#132 (45)#83 (37)#162 (37)#48 (628)#21 (276)#36 (182)
2016#9 (13,982)#44 (1,412)#171 (34)#83 (39)#177 (33)#52 (628)#32 (255)#37 (159)
2015#11 (13,710)#46 (1,294)#167 (35)#102 (29)#228 (24)#57 (589)#35 (238)#47 (123)
2014#11 (13,886)#53 (1,125)#183 (31)#83 (38)#193 (30)#61 (569)#31 (253)#39 (159)
2013#11 (13,829)#69 (908)#215 (22)#111 (27)#209 (28)#63 (544)#35 (242)#43 (147)
2012#13 (13,914)#82 (792)#235 (19)#125 (22)#221 (26)#68 (529)#47 (206)#60 (116)
2011#13 (14,001)#91 (701)#231 (18)#124 (23)#221 (25)#91 (433)#44 (202)#60 (107)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #4.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 150 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 7. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 150very common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 160very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 260common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 220common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 400common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 240common

Next year

On its recent trend, Elijah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 160 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 160 to 1 in 170.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elijah by state, 2025Alaska: #9AKMaine: #32MEWisconsin: #18WIVermont: #27VTNew Hampshire: #27NHWashington: #10WAIdaho: #13IDMontana: #30MTNorth Dakota: #14NDMinnesota: #22MNIllinois: #18ILMichigan: #10MINew York: #34NYMassachusetts: #36MAOregon: #13ORNevada: #7NVWyoming: #20WYSouth Dakota: #11SDIowa: #11IAIndiana: #8INOhio: #9OHPennsylvania: #16PANew Jersey: #49NJConnecticut: #26CTRhode Island: #37RICalifornia: #9CAUtah: #33UTColorado: #11CONebraska: #28NEMissouri: #11MOKentucky: #8KYWest Virginia: #12WVVirginia: #8VAMaryland: #11MDDelaware: #7DEArizona: #9AZNew Mexico: #4NMKansas: #9KSArkansas: #4ARTennessee: #11TNNorth Carolina: #7NCSouth Carolina: #5SCDistrict of Columbia: #35DCOklahoma: #5OKLouisiana: #4LAMississippi: #5MSAlabama: #10ALGeorgia: #4GAHawaii: #1HITexas: #6TXFlorida: #4FL
Elijah (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#26276
Quebec2025#17532

Elijah (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElijahCanadaGirls#3,4785
ElijahCanadaBoys#29650
ElijahEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ElijahEngland & WalesBoys#231,659
ElijahIrelandBoys#9759
ElijahNorthern IrelandBoys#5938
ElijahNSWBoys#7349
ElijahScotlandBoys#5976
ElijahUSGirls#7,13315
ElijahUSBoys#711,111
ElijahVICBoys#13269