Elizah
Masculine · “God is my oath”
Elizah is given to both — 570 boys and 815 girls since 1880. See Elizah as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Elizah reaches girls and boys by two different roads that meet at one spelling. For girls it is Eliza with a final h; for boys it sounds close to Elijah, with a z in place of the j.
How old is the name Elizah?
Elizah first appears in US birth records in 1899 — 126 years ago. The typical Elizah alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 400 people named Elizah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Elizah most popular?
Elizah peaked in 1899, reaching #928 nationally. See the whole 1899 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elisheva / Eliyahu to Elizah
The story of Elizah
The most famous Eliza on the English stage is Eliza Doolittle of Shaw's Pygmalion, the flower seller taught to speak like a duchess by the phonetician Henry Higgins, a character Shaw said carried touches of the real scholar Henry Sweet. Elijah is the great prophet of the Hebrew Bible. American parents have written Elizah for daughters as Eliza with a Hebrew-looking h, and a smaller number for sons as a softer Elijah, so the spelling is shared by two names that sound almost alike.
Meaningscholars disagree
God is my oath, through Eliza; or my God is Yahweh, near Elijah
Eliza is a short form of Elizabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva, God is my oath. Elijah is Hebrew Eliyahu, my God is Yahweh. Elizah can stand for either, and the record does not say which a family meant.
How the name formed
- Elisheva / Eliyahu
- Eliza / Elijah
- Elizah
Related forms: Eliza · Elijah · Elisheva
Pronouncing Elizah
ee-LY-zuh
For girls, usually said like Eliza. For boys, some families say ee-LY-zhuh, closer to Elijah.
Nicknames for Elizah
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
- 1899
- Most boys named
- 199918 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #928reached in 1899
- Change vs 2023
- −44.4%5 in 2024, from 9
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.
Elizah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Eliza in English — related form
- Elijah in English — related form
- Elisheva in Hebrew — related form
Elizahs among us
people named Elizah are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Elizah sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It sounds like two classic names and is easy to say.
- Eli works as a short form for either a girl or a boy.
- It is rare as a spelling.
- People will write Eliza or Elijah and may not know which was meant.
- It leans to girls in the record; a boy named Elizah may be taken for a girl on paper.
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Frequently asked
- How many Elizahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Elizah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Elizah in 2025?
- Elizah is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Elizah with classmates?
- Elizah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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