Elija
Mostly girls · ee-LY-ja · Hebrew
Elija is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Elija mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Elijah
“my God is Yahweh”
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel in the Books of Kings.
- Say it
- ee-LY-ja
Is Elija a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Elija has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Elija in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Elija, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 29 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Elija than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Elija in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 69% of the babies named Elija in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Elija in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Elija in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Elija, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 56 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Elija in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were given Elija or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,878, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
- Elyjah 52
- Elija 14
Elija in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 56 | #2,326 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,312 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
Nicknames for Elija
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Elija
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