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How popular is the name Elija?
Births per year, rank history and how many Elijas are alive today.
Elija (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2016, when 29 babies were given the name, the 1172nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak.
The Elija you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Elijas born in England and Wales are between 8 and 13, and there are at least 230 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Elija - on average, only one in every 1,370 such rooms contains a Elija.
How many babies are named Elija each year?
Where does Elija rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Elija most popular?
Elija peaked in 2016, when 29 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Elija?
At least 230 people named Elija born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Elija?
Most living Elijas are between 8 and 13; the most common age is about 10.
Is Elija becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2016 peak.