Eliahs
A Hebrew name meaning "My God is Yahweh" or "Yahweh is God".
Name Census estimates that about 99 living Americans carry the first name Eliahs. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Eliahs today is around 11 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Eliahs births was 2021 (11 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Eliahs. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Eliahs. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
99
~ 1 in 3,462,165 Americans
Peak year
2021
11 babies that year
Average age
11
years old
2024 SSA rank
#9,210
Tracked since 1999
Popularity
Eliahs: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Eliahs from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 48 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Eliahs remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Eliahs by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Eliahs during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Eliahs' live
Origin
Meaning and history of Eliahs
The name Eliahs is derived from the Hebrew name Elijah, which means "my God is Yahweh". It is a variant spelling of the more common Elijah or Elias. The name has its roots in the biblical prophet Elijah, who plays a prominent role in the Old Testament.
The earliest recorded use of the name Elijah can be traced back to the 9th century BC in the Hebrew Bible. Elijah was a prophet in ancient Israel who confronted the corrupt king Ahab and challenged the prophets of the pagan god Baal. His story is recounted in the books of 1 Kings and 2 Kings.
One of the most famous bearers of the name Elijah was Elijah the Tishbite, the biblical prophet from the 9th century BC. He is revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as a great spiritual leader and miracle worker.
In the New Testament, the name Elijah appears in reference to the prophet's return before the coming of the Messiah. John the Baptist was believed by some to be the reincarnation of Elijah, though he denied this claim.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Eliahs or its variants. One example is Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884), a Finnish philologist, and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry, best known for compiling the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.
Another historical figure with this name is Elias Hutter (1553-1609), a German scholar and theologian who published a polyglot Bible in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin, known as the Nuremberg Polyglot Bible, in 1599.
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, and freemason who founded the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford, one of the world's first public museums.
Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) was an American lawyer, statesman, and president of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783, playing a crucial role in the American Revolutionary War.
Elias Canetti (1905-1994) was a German-born British novelist, playwright, and memoirist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981 for his work exploring the human condition and the interplay between individual and society.
People
Eliahs + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Eliahs as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other names starting with E
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Eliahs: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Eliahs?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 99 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Eliahs going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 3,462,165 US residents.
Is Eliahs a common name?
We classify Eliahs as "Very Rare". It ranks above 64.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 100 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Eliahs most popular?
The single biggest year for Eliahs was 2021, when 11 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Eliahs is about 11 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Eliahs in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Eliahs a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Eliahs in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Eliahs still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Eliahs in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Eliahs can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How many people share the name Eliahs?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.