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Elyjah

Masculine · “my God is the Lord”

1994high 2012
#2539 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare52 boys in 2025

Elyjah respells Elijah — my God is the Lord — and the prophet does not die but is taken up in a whirlwind.

How old is the name Elyjah?

Elyjah first appears in US birth records in 1994 — 31 years ago. The typical Elyjah alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 1,900 people named Elyjah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Elyjah most popular?

Elyjah peaked in 2012, reaching #1359 nationally. Today it ranks #2539, 1,180 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Elyjah

Elijah contends with the prophets of Baal on Carmel — his name is the argument in miniature — and is taken up in a whirlwind rather than dying. Jewish tradition keeps a cup for him at every Passover seder. Elyjah is a modern respelling and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

my God is the Lord

From the Hebrew Eliyahu — Eli, 'my God', and Yahu, the divine name. It is a declaration made against Baal worship, which is the point of the prophet's story. The Elyjah spelling is modern American. The Hebrew is transparent and undisputed.

How the name formed

  1. Eli Yahu
  2. Eliyahu
  3. Elijah
  4. Elyjah

Related forms: Elijah · אליהו · Ilyas

Pronouncing Elyjah

ih-LY-juh

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Elyjah and Elijah are said identically.

Nicknames for Elyjah

Moderate

EliThe front of the name, and a name in its own right with a large record
LijeThe back of the name, and an older American short form
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1994–20251246201245219942025

US babies named Elyjah per year from 1994 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#13591990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1994
Most boys named
2012124 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1359reached in 2012
Change vs 2024
+6.1%52 in 2025, from 49
Elyjah sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2012, with 124 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Elyjah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Elijah in English — spelling variant
  • אליהו in Hebrew — related form
  • Ilyas in Arabic — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.

Elyjahs among us

1,900

people named Elyjah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 32,848 born in 2025 was named Elyjah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Elyjah

#2539
Elyjah on the 2025 chart
#11
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Elyjah went to 52 boys in 2025, but Elijah is the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 11,185, which makes it the 11th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,528 places above the chart.

and 2 rarer spellings.

About 1 boy in 153 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,848 for Elyjah 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

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Is it right for you

The Leobardo test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Elyjah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Leobardo climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Leobardo's path sketches the road Elyjah is walking now.

40%chance Elyjah will feel “very 2000s” by 2040
Elyjah, aligned on its peakLeobardo· peak 1991not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsLeobardo · #3326Elyjah today
Elyjah today is about where Leobardo stood in 2004 — 13 years past a #1359-sized peak. By 2019, Leobardo had settled around #2930.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Elyjah 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 Elyjah is headed

19942030

US babies named Elyjah per year, 1994 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Elyjah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-10% by 2030projected around #2,834 in 2030

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.

Elyjah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Elyjah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Elyjahthis name52#2539Yanis52#2539Ebenezer52#2539Mazen52#2539Ziyad52#2539

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That a cup is set for him at every seder is a first-rate detail.
  • The my-God-is-the-Lord meaning is a complete statement.
  • Eli is available as a short form with a large record.
What to consider
  • Elijah is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
  • The y will be corrected by other people constantly.
  • Three syllables make it moderately long for everyday use.

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Frequently asked

How many Elyjahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Elyjah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Elyjah?
Elyjah is one of 2 recorded spellings. Elijah is the more common one — 11,111 births in 2025 against 52 for Elyjah.
How popular is the name Elyjah in 2025?
Elyjah ranks #2539 among US boy names in 2025, with 52 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Elyjah?
About 1 in every 32,848 US boys born in 2025 was named Elyjah — 52 in all.
Will my child share the name Elyjah with classmates?
Elyjah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Elyjah

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Yanis#2539 · Ebenezer#2539 · Mazen#2539 · Ziyad#2539 · Mercer#2539 · Ramy#2539 · Konnor#2539 · Luigi#2539

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