Elhadj
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- el-HAHJ
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Elhadj is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the pilgrim”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Elhadj mean?
Arabic: West African form of the Arabic title al-Hajj
“the pilgrim”
From the title al-Hajj, given to a man who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Is Elhadj a girl's or a boy's name?
Elhadj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elhadj in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Elhadj, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had the most boys named Elhadj of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Elhadj in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elhadj in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Elhadj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir, Hamza, Zayd, Muhammad, Musa, Zamir, Ahmir, Zayan, Amir, Abdullah, Ahmad, Nasir
Names related to Elhadj
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Elhadj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elhadj, updated 20 October 2026.