Elijha
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ih-LYE-juh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Elijha is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Elijha 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 Elijha a girl's or a boy's name?
Elijha is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elijha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Elijha, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Elijha in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elijha in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 7 | #3,018 |
Names like Elijha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra, Elisha, Luca, Josiah, Elias, Eliel, Musa, Isaiah, Yehuda, Malachi, Ezekiel, Hamza
Names related to Elijha
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Elijha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elijha, updated 20 October 2026.