Ilijah

Where Ilijah comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ilijah.

Ilijah through the years
  1. 1996
    First appearance
    #6,496 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2012
    Peak, #3,371
    32 babies named Ilijah, the most in any year.
  3. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,980.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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