Elyjah Boy
How popular is Elyjah?
#2,539 boy name in 2025
52 baby boys were named Elyjah in the US in 2025, making it the 2539th most popular boy name.
Elyjah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,539 for boys (▲ 135 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 52 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,983 in 2015, #1,996 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (124 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,359 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elyjah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elijah family of names ranked #11 for boys in 2025, with 11,185 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elyjah is most popular
Babies named Elyjah per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Elyjah by decade
Boy names about as popular as Elyjah
Questions
- Is Elyjah a boy or girl name?
- Elyjah is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elyjah were boys.
- How popular is the name Elyjah?
- 52 baby boys were named Elyjah in the US in 2025, making it the 2539th most popular boy name.
- When was Elyjah most popular?
- Elyjah peaked in 2012, when 124 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,359 in 2012.
- How many people are named Elyjah?
- 1,961 babies have been named Elyjah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,941 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Elyjah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elyjah was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.