Girls' name · since 1999
Elaijah
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 170 babies named Elaijah, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,470 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
170 girls have been named Elaijah since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Elaijah has 170 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2023.
- #21,470 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elaijah ranks #21,470 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,470 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elaijah's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elaijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elaijah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elaijah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2023
- Peak year (2010)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Elaijah popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2001 (Elaijah as boys' name)
Elaijah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Elaijah's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Elaijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 9
1990s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elaijah's data
- Elaijah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elaijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elaijah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.