Eliyahu

maleStatistical record

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

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

Eliyahu: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,337, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2337highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2337
1998	#2419
2002	#3225
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2006	#3385
2007	#4333
2009	#3744
2010	#3865
2012	#2721
2013	#4685
2015	#3908
2017	#2734
2019	#3411
2021	#4789
2022	#4789
2024	#2671

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2337 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Eliyahu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Eliyahu in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	22	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	30	6 of 10	5
2020s	14	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Eliyahu appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2337 in England and Wales in 1997.

Eliyahu'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	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,337, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
10separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Anastasios · #2337, 13y
Kani · #2337, 21y
Kashaf · #2337, 21y
Leith · #2337, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aarif · #2337, 11y
Anastasios · #2337, 13y
Kani · #2337, 21y
Kashaf · #2337, 21y

Eliyahu 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 Eliyahu without appearing here.

Eliyahu moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Eliyahu

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #2403.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2734 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.

Moved the same way as Eliyahu

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Eliyahu went from #2863 to #4789 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Eliyahu went from #2863 to #4789 and Garry from #573 to #3048.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Eliyahu went from #2863 to #4789 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Eliyahu went from #2337 to #4789 and Kelly from #1454 to #3048.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2337 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Eliyahu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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