Eliyahu
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- el-ee-YAH-hoo
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,235 for boys
Eliyahu is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 1,235th for boys in the US (162 babies).
What does Eliyahu mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Elijah
“my God is Yahweh”
At the Passover Seder a cup of wine, the Cup of Eliyahu, is set aside for the prophet Elijah.
Is Eliyahu a girl's or a boy's name?
Eliyahu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 162 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eliyahu 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 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Eliyahu in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Eliyahu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Eliyahu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,235among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 162about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 162 boys in the US were named Eliyahu, making it the 1,235th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,451st. It first appears in the records in 1956.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Eliyahu of any year since it first appeared, in 1956.
Half of all the boys named Eliyahu in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eliyahu in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 162 | #1,235 |
| 2024 | 158 | #1,250 |
| 2023 | 145 | #1,315 |
| 2022 | 137 | #1,366 |
| 2021 | 124 | #1,454 |
| 2020 | 119 | #1,451 |
| 2019 | 119 | #1,459 |
| 2018 | 110 | #1,539 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,567 |
| 2016 | 130 | #1,366 |
| 2015 | 137 | #1,297 |
| 2014 | 121 | #1,396 |
| 2013 | 123 | #1,370 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 126 | #1,344 |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,438 |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,496 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,639 |
| 2007 | 80 | #1,811 |
| 2006 | 76 | #1,808 |
| 2005 | 94 | #1,512 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 64 | #1,842 |
| 2002 | 78 | #1,568 |
| 2001 | 65 | #1,739 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 52 | #1,876 |
| 1998 | 38 | #2,309 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,905 |
| 1996 | 58 | #1,652 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,882 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 53 | #1,657 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,913 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,200 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
Nicknames for Eliyahu
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Eliyahu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Ibrahim Abdullah Zakariya Mustafa Hamza Ahmed Zayd Abdulrahman Umar Zakariyya
Names related to Eliyahu
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Eliyahu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eliyahu, updated 20 October 2026.