Girls' name · since 1999
Elajah
Elajah has 153 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
153 girls have been named Elajah since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Elajah has 153 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 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2017.
- #22,560 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 153 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elajah ranks #22,560 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 153 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Elajah's 153 recorded births place it above 68.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elajah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elajah's full recorded timeline at 2008, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elajah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2017
- Peak year (2008)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Elajah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (86 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Elajah's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Elajah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 9
1990s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
86 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 86 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Elajah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 2010s (58) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elajah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1999–2017 (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 Elajah 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.