Names like Elijah

In 2025, 11,111 boys born in the US were named Elijah, #7 among boys' names.

It has been in the top 1,000 every year since records begin in 1880, and in the top 100 in 31 of those 146 years.

Its best rank was #4, every year from 2020 to 2021.

The most births in one year were 14,001, in 2011.

Births fell 19% from 13,710 in 2015.

9 of the 12 names below have also been in the top 1,000 every year since 1880.

Elijah's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #136
2. 1890
   #206
3. 1900
   #212
4. 1910
   #233
5. 1920
   #355
6. 1930
   #374
7. 1940
   #401
8. 1950
   #401
9. 1960
   #575
10. 1970
    #590
11. 1980
    #277
12. 1990
    #243
13. 2000
    #52
14. 2010
    #18
15. 2020
    #4
16. 2025
    #7

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Elijah's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.