Elija
Rank in 2025
#6143
recorded as boys
Up 689 since 2024
Babies in 2025
14
boys 14
Peak year
1889
5 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,169
since 1889
Born an Elija? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Elija was most popular in 1889, when 5 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.05 per 1,000). In 2025, 14 babies were named Elija, ranking #6143 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 29%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 14 | 6143 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 12 | 6832 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 20 | 4886 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 20 | 4850 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 29 | 3740 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 24 | 4141 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 25 | 4114 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 20 | 4739 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 33 | 3378 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 26 | 3990 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 43 | 2766 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 21 | 4538 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 27 | 3753 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 44 | 2716 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 47 | 2590 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 42 | 2826 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 48 | 2585 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 56 | 2327 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 49 | 2533 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 41 | 2784 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 38 | 2803 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 49 | 2316 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 32 | 2993 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 46 | 2249 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 29 | 3061 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 26 | 3219 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 21 | 3591 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 17 | 4019 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 23 | 3160 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 17 | 3830 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 16 | 3854 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 8 | 6372 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 17 | 3661 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 11 | 4872 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 6 | 6426 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 9 | 4573 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 5 | 6238 |
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| 1981 | <5 | — | 7 | 4961 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 9 | 4134 |
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| 1977 | <5 | — | 7 | 4582 |
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| 1931 | <5 | — | 5 | 3763 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 5 | 4001 |
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| 1928 | <5 | — | 10 | 2659 |
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| 1924 | <5 | — | 5 | 4347 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 7 | 3467 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 7 | 3532 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 5 | 4322 |
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| 1918 | <5 | — | 12 | 2398 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 8 | 2956 |
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| 1915 | <5 | — | 9 | 2621 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 7 | 2273 |
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| 1889 | <5 | — | 5 | 974 |
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