Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Elija

#4,366 most common boys' name of all time · #10,718 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1889–2025

Rank among boys
#4,366
Rank overall
#10,718 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,169
Since 2016
223
Peak year
2008 #2,328
Best rank
#1,100 1889
Girls Boys peak 56/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Elija first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 14 14 #6,156
2024 — 12 12 #6,849
2023 — 20 20 #4,900
2022 — 20 20 #4,857
2021 — 29 29 #3,750
2020 — 24 24 #4,148
2019 — 25 25 #4,122
2018 — 20 20 #4,755
2017 — 33 33 #3,383
2016 — 26 26 #3,997
2015 — 43 43 #2,772
2014 — 21 21 #4,559
2013 — 27 27 #3,760
2012 — 44 44 #2,721
2011 — 47 47 #2,598
2010 — 42 42 #2,830
2009 — 48 48 #2,587
2008 — 56 56 #2,328
2007 — 49 49 #2,535
2006 — 41 41 #2,790
2005 — 38 38 #2,810
2004 — 49 49 #2,321
2003 — 32 32 #2,995
2002 — 46 46 #2,259
2001 — 29 29 #3,065
2000 — 26 26 #3,228
1999 — 21 21 #3,601
1998 — 17 17 #4,036
1997 — 23 23 #3,168
1996 — 17 17 #3,842
1995 — 16 16 #3,875
1994 — 8 8 #6,407
1993 — 17 17 #3,676
1992 — 11 11 #4,905
1991 — 5 5 #8,326
1990 — 7 7 #6,474
1989 — 8 8 #5,678
1988 — 6 6 #6,487
1987 — 9 9 #4,617
1986 — 8 8 #4,906
1985 — 8 8 #4,745
1984 — 8 8 #4,597
1983 — 5 5 #6,330
1981 — 7 7 #5,020
1980 — 9 9 #4,181
1977 — 7 7 #4,639
1931 — 5 5 #3,843
1930 — 5 5 #4,084
1928 — 10 10 #2,699
1924 — 5 5 #4,422
1923 — 7 7 #3,521
1922 — 7 7 #3,584
1921 — 5 5 #4,386
1918 — 12 12 #2,431
1917 — 8 8 #2,998
1915 — 9 9 #2,676
1914 — 6 6 #2,988
1913 — 7 7 #2,341
1889 — 5 5 #1,100