Elijah
Elijah is a top-ten American name today, at #7, keeping its place without fuss. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 380,611 American children have carried it so far.
What Elijah carries
Elijah’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Elijah, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Elijah since 1880
Elijah peaked in 2011 at #13; #7 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Elijah is most common
Elijah is most common in Hawaii: 1.68% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Alaska (1.32%) and Wyoming (1.19%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Elijah
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Eliana
#10 in 2025
Emily
#34 in 2025 · Latin
Elena
#42 in 2025 · Greek
Emilia
#45 in 2025 · Latin
Eloise
#49 in 2025
Ezekiel
#61 in 2025 · Hebrew
Emery
#74 in 2025 · Teutonic
Everett
#77 in 2025
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About Elijah
Where does Elijah rank right now?
Elijah is a top-ten American name today, at #7, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Elijah mean?
The gloss on record reads “the Lord” (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Elijah?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Eliana sits closest, with Emily and Elena just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
Get Elijah’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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