Ellijah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- e-LY-ja
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Ellijah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Ellijah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Elijah; from Hebrew Eliyyahu
“my God is Yahweh”
In the Bible the prophet Elijah was carried up to heaven in a chariot of fire.
Meaning borrowed from Elijah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ellijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellijah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ellijah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 140% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ellijah, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
In 2025, 1,777 boys in the UK were given Ellijah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #25, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Elijah 1,773
- Ellijah 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ellijah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Ellijah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Ellijah, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Ellijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11,119 boys in the US were given Ellijah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
- Elijah 11,111
- Ellijah 8
Ellijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Nicknames for Ellijah
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ellijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elias, Jonah, Noah, Isaiah, Matteo, Eli, Josiah, Ezra, Tobias, Asher, Enzo, Ezekiel
Other spellings of Ellijah
Names related to Ellijah
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
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, “Ellijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellijah, updated 20 October 2026.