Elijah-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- e-LY-ja-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,192 for boys
Elijah-James is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh + supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies).
What does Elijah-James mean?
Modern: combination of Elijah and James
“my God is Yahweh + supplanter”
Joins Elijah, the Hebrew prophet, with James, the English form of Jacob.
Is Elijah-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Elijah-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elijah-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,192nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 96% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Elijah-James, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th.
2025 had the most boys named Elijah-James of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Elijah-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Elijah-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
Nicknames for Elijah-James
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Elijah-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elias, Myles, Elijah, Ezra, Theodore, Otis, Tobias, Ezekiel, Atlas, Jax, Enzo, Muhammad
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elijah-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elijah-james, updated 20 October 2026.