Elija — #6824 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elija

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,154 babies named Elija between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elija currently holds the #6824 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elija performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 414 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Elija shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Elija in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elija in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,154 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.