NameTides

Eliyahu

Eliyahu was the #1,235 boys' name in the US in 2025 (162 babies).

Eliyahu as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Eliyahu as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Eliyahu as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,235 (162)——
2024#1,250 (158)#2,672 (8)—
2023#1,315 (145)——
2022#1,366 (137)#4,790 (3)—
2021#1,454 (124)#4,789 (3)#2,812 (5)
2020#1,451 (119)—#2,746 (5)
2019#1,459 (119)#3,411 (5)—
2018#1,539 (110)—#2,176 (7)
2017#1,567 (104)#2,734 (7)—
2016#1,366 (130)——
2015#1,297 (137)#3,908 (4)#2,715 (5)
2014#1,396 (121)——
2013#1,370 (123)#4,685 (3)—
2012#1,478 (109)#2,721 (7)#2,666 (5)
2011#1,344 (126)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,235.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

Next year

On its recent trend, Eliyahu is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,100 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eliyahu by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #392NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #134NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,478FL
Eliyahu (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EliyahuCanadaBoys—too few
EliyahuEngland & WalesBoys—too few
EliyahuUSBoys#1,235162