Masculine dossier · first seen 1994

Elyjah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Elyjah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2012

Peak rank proxy

124

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1994Peak 20122024

Peak year

2012

Decline from peak

61.3%

2024

All-time

1,908

Elyjah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2012, when 124 boys were named Elyjah.

In 2024, only 48 boys were given the name.

Down 61.3% from its peak.

All told, about 1,908 Americans have been named Elyjah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1994.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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