Elijiah — #5976 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elijiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,143 babies named Elijiah between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elijiah currently holds the #5976 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 75 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elijiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 548 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Elijiah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Elijiah in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elijiah 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 1,143 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.