Elija

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Elija: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Elija: Recorded since 2008, it reached #363 in 2011, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#363highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4524
2010	#3533
2011	#2275
2012	#2521
2013	#1587
2014	#1562
2015	#1711
2016	#1172
2017	#1512
2018	#1788
2019	#2286
2020	#2300
2021	#2711
2022	#3533
2023	#2346
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 16 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

In 2022: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3533 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2008–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #4524 among girls in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2015
Highest recorded position: #363 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 2011–2015).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Elija appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 2008, and has registered 204 births with the name.

Elija across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Elija's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4524 (2008)	#1172 (2016)	#4843 (2024)	16 of 17	204 (2008–2024)	29 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#758 (2010)	#581 (2015)	#885 (2025)	11 of 16	43 (2010–2025)	6 (2015)
England and Wales · Boys	#4432 (2008)	#3990 (2021)	#4789 (2022)	6 of 15	19 (2008–2022)	4 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#363 (2011)	#363 (2011)	#426 (2015)	3 of 5	10 (2011–2015)	4 (2011)

Elija by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Elija in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	159	10 of 10	16
2020s	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Elija appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #363 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Elija's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1172	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1587	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2008 and 2025, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #363, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Eliezer · #764, 29y
Elif · #369, 30y
Elijah · #7, 30y
Elijah-James · #1609, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anna-May · #363, 17y
Goda · #363, 19y
Evanna · #364, 22y
Natasza · #364, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Goda · #363, 19y
Jersey · #363, 24y
Aiyla · #364, 19y
Andreea · #362, 24y

Elija was ranked #363 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Elija and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Elija without appearing here.

Elija moved ahead of

Evan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2275 and #5785.
Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3533 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2275 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4524 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3533 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Elija

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #1743.
Freddie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3318.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1286.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3695.

Moved the opposite way to Elija

Kristin Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Elija went from #4524 to #2346 while Kristin went from #2721 to #5687.
Blake Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elija went from #2275 to #4843 while Blake went from #2893 to #432.
Karin Compare
Between 2008 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Elija went from #4524 to #2711 while Karin went from #2150 to #3192.
Meabh Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elija went from #2275 to #4843 while Meabh went from #4049 to #952.

Moved the same way as Elija

Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elija went from #1587 to #4843 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #363 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elija

Elija at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elija across 4 official records

Elija by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Elija at a glance

Elija across 4 official records

Elija by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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