Ellijah

Peak · boys
2008 · 38 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
581
since 1993

Ellijah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ellijah has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,057, 2008boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#6,83212
2023#5,92715
2022#8,9908
2021#5,11018
2020#5,23517
2019#4,63921
2018#6,03614
2017#5,52616
2016#5,31817
2015#6,67612
2014#6,63212
2013#4,46321
2012#5,72015
2011#5,20017
2010#3,81227
2009#4,03525
2008#3,05738
2007#3,31333
2006#3,78226
2005#3,44728
2004#3,07432
2003#4,61617
2002#4,04420
2001#3,61723
2000#5,04014
1999#4,76214
1998#3,59720
1997#5,28811
1996#5,53510
1995#5,9289
1994#7,7706
1993#8,7005
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First appearance
1993

The first year at least five boys were named Ellijah! It came in at #8,700, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1993–1994, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Ellijah is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Ellijah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Ellijah
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,078 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #8,910)
  • 3,675 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #8,910)
  • 2,234 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1993
  • Peaked 2008 at #3,057 (38 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 53,688
  • Highest: 1 in 53,688 boys born in 2008 were named Ellijah (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 44.1% of all boys named Ellijah (256) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s75#3,597 (1998)#5,940
2000s256#3,057 (2008)#3,803
2010s172#3,812 (2010)#5,402
2020s78#5,110 (2021)#6,834

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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