Elilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-LY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Elilah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Elilah come from?
Modern: blend of Ella or Eli and Lilah
Is Elilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Elilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Elilah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had fewer girls named Elilah than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Elilah in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
Nicknames for Elilah
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaliyah, Amoura, Zaniyah, Azylah, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Alaiyah, Kamiyah, Zariah, Nusaybah, Zhamira, Aziyah
Names related to Elilah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Elilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elilah, updated 20 October 2026.