Eliah
Masculine · “my God is the Lord”
Eliah is given to both — 1,159 boys and 468 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Eliah is a spelling of Elijah with the j removed — closer to the Hebrew, and easier for speakers of languages where j is not the English sound. The name itself is one of the most-used in the Hebrew Bible.
How old is the name Eliah?
Eliah first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Eliah alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,100 people named Eliah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eliah most popular?
Eliah peaked in 2009, reaching #2320 nationally. Today it ranks #3181, 861 places below that high. See the whole 2009 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Eliyahu to Eliah
The story of Eliah
Elijah confronts the prophets of Baal on Carmel and departs in a whirlwind, and his name has been carried through Judaism, Christianity and Islam alike. Greek made Elias of it, and most European languages took the Greek form; English kept a spelling closer to the Hebrew. Eliah, Elia and Elias are all in American records, the last two more common in Italian, German and Spanish-speaking families and this one arriving from several directions at once.
Meaning
my God is the Lord
From Hebrew Eliyahu, in which the word for God and a form of the divine name are set against each other as a declaration.
How the name formed
- Eliyahu
- Elias
- Eliah
Related forms: Elijah · Elia · Ilyas · Ilya
Pronouncing Eliah
eh-LY-ah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Italian and German usage give eh-LEE-ah, with the middle vowel long.
Nicknames for Eliah
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 200956 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2320reached in 2009
- Change vs 2024
- +15.6%37 in 2025, from 32
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Eliah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Elijah in English — same name
- Elia in Italian — same name
- Ilyas in Arabic — same name
- Ilya in Russian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Eliahs among us
people named Eliah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 46,164 born in 2025 was named Eliah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Eliah
- #3181
- Eliah on the 2025 chart
- #773
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Eliah went to 37 boys in 2025, but Elia, Eliyah and Elya and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 155, which makes it the 773rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,408 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 11,020 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 46,164 for Eliah itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Marin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eliah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marin climbed just as high around 1950, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marin's path sketches the road Eliah is walking now.
Eliah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Eliah is headed
Eliah is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Eliah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eliah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning and one of the longest continuous records any name can show.
- Eli is a plain, very widely used short form.
- The spelling is readable in English, Italian, German and Spanish alike.
- Elijah is the standard American spelling and will be written for him constantly.
- The middle vowel is said two ways depending on the language of the reader.
- Elia, Eliah and Elias are close enough to be mixed up on paper.
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Frequently asked
- How many Eliahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Eliah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Eliah?
- Eliah is one of 5 recorded spellings. Elia is the more common one — 41 births in 2025 against 37 for Eliah.
- How popular is the name Eliah in 2025?
- Eliah ranks #3181 among US boy names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eliah?
- About 1 in every 46,164 US boys born in 2025 was named Eliah — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eliah with classmates?
- Eliah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Eliah
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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