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Elijah in the US

  1. #1,282 Antoine
  2. #1,283 Dexter
  3. #1,284 Trish
  4. #1,285 Alonzo
  5. #1,286 Elijah
  6. #1,287 Rigoberto
  7. #1,288 Emanuel
  8. #1,289 Jarrod
  9. #1,290 Bo
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Biblical name (meaning ‘Yahweh is God’ in Hebrew), borne by an Israelite prophet whose exploits are recounted in the First and Second Book of Kings. Elijah's victory over the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel played an important part in maintaining the Jewish religion, recognizing just one God. This story, and other stories in which he figures, including his conflicts with Ahab's queen, Jezebel, and his prophecies of doom, are among the most vivid in the Bible. For some reason it has not been much used as a given name by Christians, although it is found among the early Puritan settlers in New England and in the U.K. in the 18th century. In the 1960s and 70s it gained considerable popularity among Black Muslims.
1,286th in the U.S. for 2011

Nicknames & variations

Quick facts

Tens of Thousands
of people in the U.S have this name
21,485
to be exact (as of February 2011)
180,074
if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
South Carolina
has the most people named Elijah per capita
2010
marked the height of its popularity
0.09%
99.91%
3%
55+
4%
30-54
8%
13-29
86%
0-12

Top state populations

U.S. Distribution Map

Elijah is most likely to live in Florida, California, Texas, Georgia, and New York

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