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Elijah
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- Elijah 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Elias 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Elie 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Ilya 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Elia 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Elyas 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Elyjah 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Eliah 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇭
- Elija 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇭
- Eliaz 🇺🇸🇫🇷
- Eliyah 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇭
- Elijha 🇺🇸🇫🇷
- Ellias 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴
- Eliyas 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇭
- Ellijah 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴
- Ilia 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Illya 🇺🇸🇦🇷
- Iliya 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Elyass 🇫🇷
808,132births recorded
18Countries
19Variants
2025Peak · Switzerland
#7United States 2025
Elijah is a boy name family recorded 808,132 times in 18 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in the United States (#7 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in Switzerland in 2025, at 989.8 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Elias (Argentina, Switzerland), Elie (France), Ilya (Kazakhstan).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of Elijah
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah | English | 381,915 | 🇺🇸 United States | #7 | 2020 | ▼ 10 % |
| Elijah | English | 24,028 | 🏴 England & Wales | #23 | 2025 | ▲ 57 % |
| Elijah | English | 6,187 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #26 | 2019 | ▲ 6 % |
| Elijah | English | 5,315 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | #7 | 2025 | – |
| Elijah | English | 4,455 | 🇫🇷 France | #199 | 2025 | ▲ 112 % |
| Elijah | English | 3,143 | 🇦🇺 Victoria (AU) | #13 | 2025 | – |
| Elias | Spanish | 129,502 | 🇺🇸 United States | #13 | 2025 | ▲ 140 % |
| Elias | Spanish | 78,346 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #118 | 2003 | ▼ 16 % |
| Elias | Spanish | 17,600 | 🇫🇷 France | #117 | 2025 | ▲ 24 % |
| Elias | Spanish | 7,787 | 🏴 England & Wales | #69 | 2025 | ▲ 198 % |
| Elias | Spanish | 6,242 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #7 | 2018 | ▶ 0 % |
| Elias | Spanish | 2,835 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #74 | 2023 | ▲ 103 % |
| Elie | French | 48,580 | 🇫🇷 France | #249 | 1902 | ▲ 38 % |
| Elie | French | 3,405 | 🇺🇸 United States | #3513 | 1883 | ▼ 21 % |
| Elie | French | 2,948 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #141 | 2013 | ▼ 34 % |
| Elie | French | 344 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #577 | 2025 | ▲ 178 % |
| Elie | French | 181 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1517 | 1919 | new |
| Elie | French | 67 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2004 | – |
| Ilya | Kazakh | 23,478 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | #167 | 2004 | ▼ 71 % |
| Ilya | Kazakh | 1,226 | 🇺🇸 United States | #3128 | 2025 | ▲ 66 % |
| Ilya | Kazakh | 370 | 🇫🇷 France | #1677 | 2022 | ▲ 58 % |
| Ilya | Kazakh | 238 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1895 | 2025 | ▲ 46 % |
| Ilya | Kazakh | 69 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1123 | 2015 | ▲ 46 % |
| Ilya | Kazakh | 69 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #668 | 2022 | ▲ 122 % |
| Elia | English | 18,061 | 🇮🇹 Italy | #24 | 2024 | – |
| Elia | English | 4,430 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #12 | 2025 | ▲ 12 % |
| Elia | English | 1,075 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2991 | 2025 | ▲ 153 % |
| Elia | English | 520 | 🇫🇷 France | #1155 | 2025 | ▲ 152 % |
| Elia | English | 121 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1466 | 2025 | new |
| Elia | English | 7 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 2019 | – |
| Elyas | French | 4,650 | 🇫🇷 France | #253 | 2025 | ▲ 4 % |
| Elyas | French | 2,084 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1263 | 2024 | ▲ 206 % |
| Elyas | French | 695 | 🏴 England & Wales | #611 | 2025 | ▲ 111 % |
| Elyas | French | 382 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #253 | 2016 | ▲ 27 % |
| Elyas | French | 289 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #349 | 2016 | ▼ 8 % |
| Elyas | French | 152 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #488 | 2024 | new |
| Elyjah | French | 1,961 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2539 | 2012 | ▼ 20 % |
| Elyjah | French | 395 | 🇫🇷 France | #1244 | 2025 | ▲ 152 % |
| Elyjah | French | 11 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 2022 | – |
| Elyjah | French | 6 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2019 | – |
| Eliah | French | 1,159 | 🇺🇸 United States | #3181 | 2020 | ▼ 10 % |
| Eliah | French | 645 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #257 | 2017 | ▼ 19 % |
| Eliah | French | 155 | 🇫🇷 France | #2237 | 2025 | ▲ 154 % |
| Eliah | French | 21 | 🏴 England & Wales | #3657 | 2025 | new |
| Elija | French | 1,169 | 🇺🇸 United States | #6143 | 1889 | ▼ 64 % |
| Elija | French | 372 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #303 | 2025 | ▲ 85 % |
| Elija | French | 25 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2022 | – |
| Eliaz | French | 835 | 🇫🇷 France | #1989 | 2008 | ▶ 1 % |
| Eliaz | French | 507 | 🇺🇸 United States | #3240 | 2025 | ▲ 114 % |
| Eliyah | English | 775 | 🇺🇸 United States | #3314 | 2019 | ▲ 23 % |
| Eliyah | English | 95 | 🇫🇷 France | #2116 | 2025 | new |
| Eliyah | English | 10 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | – | 2022 | – |
| Eliyah | English | 5 | 🏴 England & Wales | #3657 | 2025 | – |
| Elijha | English | 759 | 🇺🇸 United States | #10695 | 2009 | ▼ 18 % |
| Elijha | English | 5 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2019 | – |
| Ellias | English | 475 | 🇺🇸 United States | #4396 | 2023 | ▲ 116 % |
| Ellias | English | 115 | 🇫🇷 France | #4564 | 2025 | ▲ 27 % |
| Ellias | English | 92 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1796 | 2025 | new |
| Eliyas | English | 446 | 🇺🇸 United States | #3757 | 2022 | ▲ 71 % |
| Eliyas | English | 164 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1093 | 2025 | ▲ 231 % |
| Eliyas | English | 55 | 🇫🇷 France | #3381 | 2025 | ▲ 27 % |
| Eliyas | English | 6 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #982 | 2025 | – |
How we grouped these names
- Elijah ↔ Elie — checked by hand
- Elijah ↔ Elias — checked by hand
- Elijah ↔ Elia — checked by hand
- Elijah ↔ Ilya — checked by hand
- Elijah ↔ Elyjah — spelling variant
- Elijah ↔ Elija — spelling variant
- Elijah ↔ Elijha — spelling variant
- Elijah ↔ Ellijah — spelling variant
- Elias ↔ Elyas — spelling variant
- Elias ↔ Eliaz — spelling variant
- Elias ↔ Ellias — spelling variant
- Elias ↔ Eliyas — spelling variant
- Elias ↔ Elyass — spelling variant
- Elia ↔ Eliah — spelling variant
Questions about Elijah
How popular is the name Elijah?
In 2025 it ranked #7 in the United States. Official registers record 808,132 births across 18 countries.
What is Elijah in other languages?
Elias (Spanish); Elie (French); Ilya (Kazakh); Elia (English); Elyas (French); Elyjah (French); Eliah (French); Elija (French); Eliaz (French); Eliyah (English).
When was Elijah most popular?
It peaked in Switzerland in 2025, at 989.8 births per 100,000.
Is Elijah a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, Elijah is a boy name.