Elija
- #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,169since 1889
Elija over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Elija has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #4,850 | 20 |
| 2021 | #3,740 | 29 |
| 2020 | #4,141 | 24 |
| 2019 | #4,114 | 25 |
| 2018 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #3,378 | 33 |
| 2016 | #3,990 | 26 |
| 2015 | #2,766 | 43 |
| 2014 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #3,753 | 27 |
| 2012 | #2,716 | 44 |
| 2011 | #2,590 | 47 |
| 2010 | #2,826 | 42 |
| 2009 | #2,585 | 48 |
| 2008 | #2,327 | 56 |
| 2007 | #2,533 | 49 |
| 2006 | #2,784 | 41 |
| 2005 | #2,803 | 38 |
| 2004 | #2,316 | 49 |
| 2003 | #2,993 | 32 |
| 2002 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | #3,219 | 26 |
| 1999 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
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| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
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| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
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| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
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| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
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| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
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| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,956 | 8 |
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| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
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| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
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First appearance
1889
The first year at least five boys were named Elija! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Elija is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Elija in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Elija
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 689 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,143)
- 2,002 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #6,143)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1889 at #974 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,116
- Highest: 1 in 22,116 boys born in 1889 were named Elija (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 35.4% of all boys named Elija (414) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 42 | #2,273 (1913) | #2,633 |
| 1920s | 34 | #2,659 (1928) | #3,665 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,763 (1931) | #3,882 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 7 | #4,582 (1977) | #4,582 |
| 1980s | 68 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,117 |
| 1990s | 142 | #3,160 (1997) | #4,801 |
| 2000s | 414 | #2,249 (2002) | #2,687 |
| 2010s | 328 | #2,590 (2011) | #3,541 |
| 2020s | 119 | #3,740 (2021) | #5,099 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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