Kelijah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- keh-LY-ja
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Kelijah is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Kelijah come from?
Modern: blend of K- and Elijah
Is Kelijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelijah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kelijah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Kelijah, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had more boys named Kelijah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Kelijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Kelijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasiah Kayden Eziah Kayson Alijah Kyaire Kyson Elijah Kamari Azaiah Kylan Koda
Names related to Kelijah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Kelijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelijah, updated 20 October 2026.