Elyjah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-LY-ja
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,539 for boys
Elyjah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
What does Elyjah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Elijah
“my God is Yahweh”
In Jewish tradition the prophet Elijah will return to herald the coming of the Messiah.
Is Elyjah a girl's or a boy's name?
Elyjah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 52 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elyjah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,539th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Elyjah, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,996th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 124 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Elyjah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were given Elyjah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,878, up from #2,539 for this spelling alone.
- Elyjah 52
- Elija 14
Elyjah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,146 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,324 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,348 |
| 2020 | 71 | #1,996 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,338 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,100 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,065 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,134 |
| 2015 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2013 | 69 | #1,988 |
| 2012 | 124 | #1,359 |
| 2011 | 84 | #1,737 |
| 2010 | 89 | #1,713 |
| 2009 | 82 | #1,808 |
| 2008 | 100 | #1,582 |
| 2007 | 74 | #1,912 |
| 2006 | 80 | #1,738 |
| 2005 | 74 | #1,769 |
| 2004 | 81 | #1,601 |
| 2003 | 68 | #1,761 |
| 2002 | 56 | #1,970 |
| 2001 | 44 | #2,273 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
Nicknames for Elyjah
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Elyjah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elijah, Eliel, Judah, Elias, Jonah, Isaiah, Josiah, Alijah, Mateo, Malachi, Noah, Ezekiel
Other spellings of Elyjah
Names related to Elyjah
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
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, “Elyjah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elyjah, updated 20 October 2026.