Elaijah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ih-LYE-juh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Elaijah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Elaijah mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Elijah
“my God is Yahweh”
A variant of Elijah, from Hebrew Eliyahu; Elijah is a major prophet in the Hebrew Bible.
Is Elaijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Elaijah is a girls' name.
How popular is Elaijah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Elaijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elaijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
Names like Elaijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Selah, Kaliyah, Taliyah, Azariah, Jaliyah, Zariah, Sariyah, Dalilah, Zamira
Names related to Elaijah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elaijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elaijah, updated 20 October 2026.