Elohim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- el-oh-HEEM
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Elohim is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Elohim mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word for God
“God”
Elohim is one of the main Hebrew words for God, used in the opening verse of Genesis.
Is Elohim a girl's or a boy's name?
Elohim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elohim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Elohim, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Elohim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Elohim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,088th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 132% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Elohim, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had the most boys named Elohim of any year since it first appeared, in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Elohim in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elohim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
Names like Elohim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim, Eesa, Musa, Achim, Zakariya, Muhammad, Ebrahim, Chidubem, Nikodem, Adem, Arham, Ayyub
Names related to Elohim
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, “Elohim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elohim, updated 20 October 2026.