Eliakim
Boy · ee-LYE-uh-kim · Hebrew
Eliakim is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God raises up”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Eliakim mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“God raises up”
Eliakim was the royal steward of King Hezekiah, praised by the prophet Isaiah.
- Say it
- ee-LYE-uh-kim
Is Eliakim a girl's or a boy's name?
Eliakim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eliakim in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
Eliakim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
How popular is Eliakim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 85% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Eliakim, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Eliakim in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eliakim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Nicknames for Eliakim
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Eliakim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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