NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Elijah Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Elijah: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 380,611 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
380,611
Peak year
2011 #13
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-12.4%

In the 2010s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
201114,001#13
201213,914#13
201313,829#11
201413,886#11
201513,710#11
201613,982#9
201713,449#8
201813,020#7
201913,436#5
202013,238#4
202112,845#4
202212,094#5
202311,523#5
202411,238#8
202511,111#7

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2011

CA
1,511
TX
1,248
FL
946
NY
655
NC
584
GA
556

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