Elajah comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning 'Elajah' meaning: "Yahweh is my God.".
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How popular is Elajah?
2008peak year
Today, Elajah is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #12487), with only about 8 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2008, 15 babies were given the name (ranked #8233 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. In all, around 153 babies have been registered as Elajah since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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