Eliyah
Masculine · “my God is the Lord”
Eliyah is given to both — 775 boys and 1,446 girls since 1880. See Eliyah as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Eliyah is a spelling that sits close to the Hebrew original of Elijah — the prophet who confronted the priests of Baal and left the world in a chariot of fire. It is one of the great names of three religions.
How old is the name Eliyah?
Eliyah first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Eliyah is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Eliyah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eliyah most popular?
Eliyah peaked in 2019, reaching #2808 nationally. Today it ranks #3314, 506 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Eliyahu to Eliyah
The story of Eliyah
Elijah appears in the books of Kings and never dies in the text, which gave him a long afterlife in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition alike — a cup is set for him at every Passover table. Greek made Elias, and most of Europe took the Greek form; English kept a spelling nearer the Hebrew. Eliyah, Eliyahu and Elijah all appear in American records, this spelling most often in Jewish families and in families reaching past the standard English form.
Meaning
my God is the Lord
From Hebrew Eliyahu, in which the ordinary word for God and a form of the divine name are set against each other as a declaration — a whole argument compressed into four syllables.
How the name formed
- Eliyahu
- Elijah
- Eliyah
Related forms: Eliyahu · Elijah · Ilyas · Ilya
Pronouncing Eliyah
eh-LEE-yah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Hebrew Eliyahu adds a fourth and moves the stress to the end.
Nicknames for Eliyah
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
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 201944 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2808reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +20.7%35 in 2025, from 29
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.
Eliyah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Eliyahu in Hebrew — same name
- Elijah in English — spelling variant
- Ilyas in Arabic — same name
- Ilya in Russian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Eliyahs among us
people named Eliyah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 48,802 born in 2025 was named Eliyah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Eliyah
- #3314
- Eliyah on the 2025 chart
- #773
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Eliyah went to 35 boys in 2025, but Elia, Eliah 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 — 2,541 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 11,020 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 48,802 for Eliyah 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 Eion test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eliyah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Eion climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Eion's path sketches the road Eliyah is walking now.
Eliyah 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 Eliyah is headed
Eliyah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Eliyah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eliyah 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.
- It is recognized in Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities alike.
- Elijah is the standard American spelling and will be written for him constantly.
- Eliyah, Eliya and Eliyahu are all current and relatives may prefer different ones.
- The sound is very widely used, so a classroom may hold more than one.
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Frequently asked
- How many Eliyahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Eliyah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Eliyah?
- Eliyah is one of 5 recorded spellings. Elia is the more common one — 41 births in 2025 against 35 for Eliyah.
- How popular is the name Eliyah in 2025?
- Eliyah ranks #3314 among US boy names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eliyah?
- About 1 in every 48,802 US boys born in 2025 was named Eliyah — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eliyah with classmates?
- Eliyah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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