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Eliah

#3,201 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Elijah

Eliah has been given to 1,627 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #3,201 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 56 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.

Babies named Eliah, 2025

1 in 89,600

Eliah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Eliah over time

In 2025, Eliah went to 27% girls and 73% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Eliah: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Elijah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eliah means

Eliah is a variant of Elijah.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Eliah → Elijah. The family’s meaning is “Yahweh is my god”, recorded in English with the source elements Eliyahu.

Origin, language, and formation

Eliah is used in Norwegian and Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elijah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,159 boys were recorded with the name Eliah between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 56 in 2009; its best national rank was #2,328 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,443 in 2020 to #3,201 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,652 in 2015 to #3,201 in 2025.

In the United States, 468 girls were recorded with the name Eliah between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 2016; its best national rank was #5,035 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,920 in 2020 to #7,590 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,295 in 2015 to #7,590 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Eliah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 89,600
37 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 46,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,201
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
62,106 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Eliah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 62,106 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eliah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eliahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eliah was born before 2012 — so the typical Eliah is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,159
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.1% of all recorded uses (441).

Is Eliah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+337
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−758
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−549
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.80×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.1%
Peak was 2009 (56)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,328
2009

Spellings of Eliah

Eliah is not the most common spelling — Elijah is, with 31.6% against Eliah's 0.10%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Eliah is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Eliah was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 191,485 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Eliah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Eliah is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Eliah was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 628,749 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Eliah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Eliah around the world

Where Eliah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • France
    2002–2025
    #2,237
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #417
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #2,134
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1999–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Eliah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,201
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 758
Best rank ever
#2,328
2009
Peak year
2009
56 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,159
Count in 2025
37

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,590
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,670
Best rank ever
#5,035
2016
Peak year
2016
27 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
468
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Eliah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Eliah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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