How popular is “Elijah” in the USA?
Number of people named “Elijah” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Elijah” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Elijah” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Elijah” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Elijah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Elijah” by birth year
This chart shows how “Elijah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 100 | 0.000496317 | 100 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 69 | 0.000358092 | 69 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 111 | 0.000501054 | 111 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 92 | 0.000424069 | 92 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 85 | 0.000349132 | 85 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 82 | 0.000340455 | 82 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 93 | 0.000364254 | 93 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 75 | 0.000303163 | 75 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 88 | 0.000293849 | 88 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 61 | 0.000211112 | 61 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 64 | 0.000212342 | 64 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 57 | 0.000198833 | 57 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 85 | 0.000254206 | 85 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 77 | 0.000236761 | 77 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 54 | 0.000159438 | 54 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 75 | 0.000213663 | 75 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 87 | 0.000243368 | 87 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 65 | 0.000187343 | 65 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 76 | 0.000199237 | 76 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 64 | 0.00018866 | 64 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 86 | 0.000191002 | 86 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 79 | 0.000228448 | 79 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 66 | 0.00017066 | 66 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 58 | 0.000152151 | 58 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 60 | 0.000148704 | 60 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 81 | 0.000191073 | 81 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 65 | 0.000151709 | 65 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 76 | 0.000163304 | 76 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 64 | 0.000130973 | 64 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 90 | 0.000176048 | 90 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 101 | 0.00017098 | 101 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 94 | 0.0001459 | 94 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 142 | 0.000143716 | 142 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 149 | 0.000131034 | 149 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 187 | 0.00013203 | 187 | -100% | |
| 1915 | 243 | 0.000132611 | 243 | -100% | |
| 1916 | 232 | 0.000119933 | 232 | -100% | |
| 1917 | 256 | 0.000127569 | 256 | -100% | |
| 1918 | 264 | 0.000121597 | 264 | -100% | |
| 1919 | 295 | 0.000139794 | 295 | -100% | |
| 1920 | 277 | 0.000122423 | 277 | -100% | |
| 1921 | 257 | 0.000110088 | 257 | -100% | |
| 1922 | 311 | 0.000135858 | 311 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 302 | 0.000131163 | 302 | -100% | |
| 1924 | 261 | 0.00010959 | 261 | -100% | |
| 1925 | 283 | 0.000121287 | 283 | -100% | |
| 1926 | 283 | 0.000123263 | 7 | 276 | -95% |
| 1927 | 290 | 0.000125035 | 290 | -100% | |
| 1928 | 255 | 0.000112785 | 255 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 248 | 0.00011313 | 5 | 243 | -96% |
| 1930 | 226 | 0.000101651 | 226 | -100% | |
| 1931 | 198 | 0.000094089 | 198 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 231 | 0.000109412 | 231 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 198 | 0.000099027 | 198 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 209 | 0.000100635 | 209 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 210 | 0.000100483 | 210 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 221 | 0.000106374 | 221 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 216 | 0.000101377 | 6 | 210 | -94% |
| 1938 | 195 | 0.000088133 | 195 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 237 | 0.000107559 | 237 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 201 | 0.000087289 | 201 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 239 | 0.000098095 | 239 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 245 | 0.000089684 | 245 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 221 | 0.000078298 | 221 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 227 | 0.000084384 | 227 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 237 | 0.000089336 | 237 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 222 | 0.000069477 | 222 | -100% | |
| 1947 | 296 | 0.000082169 | 296 | -100% | |
| 1948 | 249 | 0.000072121 | 5 | 244 | -96% |
| 1949 | 267 | 0.000076619 | 267 | -100% | |
| 1950 | 282 | 0.000080494 | 282 | -100% | |
| 1951 | 223 | 0.000060536 | 223 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 263 | 0.000069247 | 263 | -100% | |
| 1953 | 248 | 0.000064355 | 248 | -100% | |
| 1954 | 259 | 0.000065064 | 5 | 254 | -96% |
| 1955 | 235 | 0.000058529 | 235 | -100% | |
| 1956 | 197 | 0.00004778 | 197 | -100% | |
| 1957 | 218 | 0.000051878 | 218 | -100% | |
| 1958 | 209 | 0.000050558 | 209 | -100% | |
| 1959 | 185 | 0.000044493 | 185 | -100% | |
| 1960 | 180 | 0.000043334 | 180 | -100% | |
| 1961 | 194 | 0.000046834 | 194 | -100% | |
| 1962 | 179 | 0.000044358 | 179 | -100% | |
| 1963 | 149 | 0.000037643 | 149 | -100% | |
| 1964 | 161 | 0.000041414 | 161 | -100% | |
| 1965 | 122 | 0.000033651 | 122 | -100% | |
| 1966 | 140 | 0.00004028 | 140 | -100% | |
| 1967 | 134 | 0.000039471 | 134 | -100% | |
| 1968 | 122 | 0.000036112 | 122 | -100% | |
| 1969 | 143 | 0.000041147 | 143 | -100% | |
| 1970 | 184 | 0.000051019 | 184 | -100% | |
| 1971 | 196 | 0.000057104 | 196 | -100% | |
| 1972 | 209 | 0.000066497 | 209 | -100% | |
| 1973 | 212 | 0.000070271 | 212 | -100% | |
| 1974 | 288 | 0.000094737 | 288 | -100% | |
| 1975 | 263 | 0.000087104 | 263 | -100% | |
| 1976 | 311 | 0.000102495 | 9 | 302 | -94% |
| 1977 | 509 | 0.00016024 | 5 | 504 | -98% |
| 1978 | 555 | 0.000174865 | 7 | 548 | -97% |
| 1979 | 702 | 0.000211001 | 6 | 696 | -98% |
| 1980 | 759 | 0.000220351 | 5 | 754 | -99% |
| 1981 | 757 | 0.000218826 | 7 | 750 | -98% |
| 1982 | 748 | 0.000213229 | 9 | 739 | -98% |
| 1983 | 681 | 0.000196631 | 10 | 671 | -97% |
| 1984 | 636 | 0.0001823 | 5 | 631 | -98% |
| 1985 | 689 | 0.000193045 | 8 | 681 | -98% |
| 1986 | 729 | 0.000204943 | 11 | 718 | -97% |
| 1987 | 755 | 0.000209396 | 9 | 746 | -98% |
| 1988 | 894 | 0.000241946 | 8 | 886 | -98% |
| 1989 | 1004 | 0.000261156 | 13 | 991 | -97% |
| 1990 | 1150 | 0.000290957 | 11 | 1139 | -98% |
| 1991 | 1361 | 0.000349399 | 16 | 1345 | -98% |
| 1992 | 1544 | 0.00040195 | 21 | 1523 | -97% |
| 1993 | 1895 | 0.000502615 | 13 | 1882 | -99% |
| 1994 | 2643 | 0.000710932 | 22 | 2621 | -98% |
| 1995 | 4011 | 0.001095257 | 35 | 3976 | -98% |
| 1996 | 4854 | 0.001330886 | 36 | 4818 | -99% |
| 1997 | 5121 | 0.001412398 | 32 | 5089 | -99% |
| 1998 | 5712 | 0.001552931 | 50 | 5662 | -98% |
| 1999 | 6632 | 0.001795408 | 36 | 6596 | -99% |
| 2000 | 7497 | 0.001983384 | 25 | 7472 | -99% |
| 2001 | 8381 | 0.00223888 | 42 | 8339 | -99% |
| 2002 | 10092 | 0.002699629 | 39 | 10053 | -99% |
| 2003 | 10711 | 0.002816965 | 46 | 10665 | -99% |
| 2004 | 11791 | 0.003085904 | 77 | 11714 | -99% |
| 2005 | 11651 | 0.003030291 | 39 | 11612 | -99% |
| 2006 | 12093 | 0.00305673 | 38 | 12055 | -99% |
| 2007 | 12464 | 0.003117806 | 40 | 12424 | -99% |
| 2008 | 13283 | 0.003379326 | 44 | 13239 | -99% |
| 2009 | 12882 | 0.003372097 | 37 | 12845 | -99% |
| 2010 | 13967 | 0.003779217 | 48 | 13919 | -99% |
| 2011 | 14030 | 0.003835647 | 33 | 13997 | -100% |
| 2012 | 13937 | 0.003810665 | 28 | 13909 | -100% |
| 2013 | 13859 | 0.003801499 | 33 | 13826 | -100% |
| 2014 | 13915 | 0.003754341 | 34 | 13881 | -100% |
| 2015 | 13735 | 0.003711247 | 28 | 13707 | -100% |
| 2016 | 13997 | 0.00381525 | 27 | 13970 | -100% |
| 2017 | 13472 | 0.003767132 | 28 | 13444 | -100% |
| 2018 | 13045 | 0.003710291 | 33 | 13012 | -99% |
| 2019 | 13449 | 0.003874751 | 21 | 13428 | -100% |
| 2020 | 13255 | 0.003967877 | 31 | 13224 | -100% |
| 2021 | 12853 | 0.003793741 | 28 | 12825 | -100% |
| 2022 | 12107 | 0.003578634 | 32 | 12075 | -99% |
| 2023 | 11523 | 0.003480011 | 20 | 11503 | -100% |
| 2024 | 11197 | 0.003363977 | 26 | 11171 | -100% |