Ilijah

Gender: Boy
Say it: ih-LY-juh
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #5,397 for boys

Ilijah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).

What does Ilijah mean?

Hebrew: respelling of Elijah

“my God is Yahweh”

A respelling of Elijah, the Hebrew prophet taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire.

Is Ilijah a girl's or a boy's name?

Ilijah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ilijah in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,397th among boys
Babies in 2025: 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steady down 8% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Ilijah, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.

2025 had fewer boys named Ilijah than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Ilijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 32 in 20122025

Ilijah in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	17	#5,397
2024	22	#4,567
2023	20	#4,882
2022	26	#4,086
2021	20	#4,776
2020	14	#5,976
2019	20	#4,802
2018	30	#3,603
2017	19	#4,931
2016	26	#3,989
2015	24	#4,177
2014	24	#4,135
2013	23	#4,178
2012	32	#3,368
2011	29	#3,604
2010	21	#4,516
2009	22	#4,427
2008	28	#3,741
2007	24	#4,125
2006	19	#4,671
2005	21	#4,193
2004	15	#5,241
2003	20	#4,109
2002	19	#4,182
2001	19	#4,115
2000	12	#5,581
1999	8	#7,132
1998	8	#6,837
1997	0	–
1996	8	#6,489