Elijah

Meaning and origin of Elijah

Popularity of Elijah in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Elijah has been rising (+5.2% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Elijah every 9.5 schools, all spellings combined.

Elijah in English-speaking countries

Elijah ranks 7^th in United States, 9^th in New Zealand and 24^th in England and Wales, against 210^th in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  9^th boys’ name463 babies in 3 years1 boy in 106+0.8% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  7^th boys’ name33,872 babies in 3 years1 boy in 152−2.4% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  24^th boys’ name4,802 babies in 3 years1 boy in 172+1.8% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  55^th boys’ name127 babies in 3 years1 boy in 201+2.4% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  32^nd boys’ name218 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2040% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  27^th boys’ name818 babies in 3 years1 boy in 208−0.9% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  74^th boys’ name209 babies in 3 years1 boy in 287+3% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  107^th boys’ name157 babies in 3 years1 boy in 457+5.2% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Elijah, Élijah and Elïjah are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Élijah25
• Elïjah15
• Elyjah85
• Elija (in French)abroad

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Elijah

• Eliot
• Elliot
• Elyas
• Elias
• Benjamin
• Thiago
• Youssouf
• Joshua
• Matéo
• Gianni
• Mathias
• Ezekiel

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin