By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
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Where Elijah is most popular
Boys named Elijah per 1,000 boys born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 6.81 per 1,000.
Strongest in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Mexico.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Elijah born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
| State | Boys 2021–2025 | Per 1,000 | vs national |
| Alaska | 156 | 13.1 | +92% |
| Hawaii | 197 | 12.7 | +86% |
| New Mexico | 414 | 12.6 | +85% |
| Wyoming | 71 | 12.3 | +80% |
| Mississippi | 643 | 11.3 | +66% |
| Arkansas | 680 | 10.7 | +58% |
| West Virginia | 350 | 10.7 | +57% |
| Delaware | 162 | 10.7 | +57% |
| Louisiana | 1,063 | 10.4 | +53% |
| Kentucky | 1,036 | 10.3 | +52% |
| South Carolina | 1,040 | 10.1 | +48% |
| Alabama | 1,090 | 9.97 | +46% |
| Oklahoma | 848 | 9.59 | +41% |
| Vermont | 60 | 9.55 | +40% |
| Nevada | 531 | 9.31 | +37% |
| Florida | 4,384 | 9.26 | +36% |
| Tennessee | 1,670 | 9.25 | +36% |
| Georgia | 2,302 | 9.09 | +33% |
| Rhode Island | 144 | 8.83 | +30% |
| Indiana | 1,381 | 8.61 | +26% |
| North Dakota | 147 | 8.61 | +26% |
| Missouri | 1,185 | 8.55 | +26% |
| Texas | 7,468 | 8.48 | +24% |
| Michigan | 1,722 | 8.41 | +23% |
| North Carolina | 2,141 | 8.39 | +23% |
| Kansas | 571 | 8.32 | +22% |
| Virginia | 1,573 | 8.29 | +22% |
| Arizona | 1,346 | 8.23 | +21% |
| New Hampshire | 180 | 8.11 | +19% |
| Ohio | 2,126 | 8.02 | +18% |
| District of Columbia | 117 | 7.93 | +16% |
| Idaho | 322 | 7.87 | +16% |
| South Dakota | 146 | 7.85 | +15% |
| Iowa | 539 | 7.82 | +15% |
| Oregon | 591 | 7.79 | +14% |
| Nebraska | 335 | 7.70 | +13% |
| Montana | 134 | 7.60 | +12% |
| Washington | 1,239 | 7.57 | +11% |
| California | 6,833 | 7.47 | +10% |
| Maine | 142 | 7.32 | +7% |
| Colorado | 931 | 7.21 | +6% |
| Maryland | 829 | 6.95 | ≈ national |
| Connecticut | 467 | 6.90 | ≈ national |
| Pennsylvania | 1,820 | 6.85 | ≈ national |
| Wisconsin | 798 | 6.74 | ≈ national |
| Illinois | 1,615 | 6.32 | -7% |
| Minnesota | 759 | 6.19 | -9% |
| Massachusetts | 828 | 6.02 | -12% |
| Utah | 514 | 5.38 | -21% |
| New York | 2,174 | 5.02 | -26% |
| New Jersey | 997 | 4.95 | -27% |
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Elijah
Elijah is a top-10 name for boys in the United States, ranked #7 in 2025 with 11,111 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.
Since 1880, 381,915 American babies have been named Elijah. Its peak came in 2011, when 14,034 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Elijah stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
