Eliah
Eliah was the 3202nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 2329th with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 549 places. More babies were named Eliah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,202 boys, down 758 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 37boys
- Girls and boys
- 29% girls, 71% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200956 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,627babies recorded
Eliah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,592 | #3,202 | 14 | 37 |
| 2020 | #5,924 | #2,444 | 20 | 53 |
| 2010 | #6,453 | #2,922 | 20 | 40 |
| 2000 | #12,174 | #3,568 | 7 | 23 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | #3,923 | — | 10 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Eliah, counting every spelling?
Eliah has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Eliah?
37 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Eliah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Eliah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 226 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Eliah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Eliah?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Eliah are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 7 and 21. That makes Eliah mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Eliah by state
How common Eliah was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Eliah
How popular is the name Eliah?
Eliah was the 3202nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 2329th with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 549 places. More babies were named Eliah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Eliah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 29% girls, 71% boys given the name Eliah in the US.
Where is Eliah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Eliah was most common in Florida (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and California.