Ilijah first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1996. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2012, 32 babies received the name (ranked #3408). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #4638), with roughly 22 babies named Ilijah each year. Ilijah's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 573 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.