boys:
3.3k births since 1956
#2160 (53rd percentile)
overall:
3.3k births since 1956
#4729 (39th percentile)
The name Eliyahu is the #4,729 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,339 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 38.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,160 (52.9% percentile) for all time with 3,339 births since 1956.
Eliyahu first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for boys in 1956). Birth data for Eliyahu is available in 58 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Eliyahu reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 15.2% percentile (ranked #773) with 78 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 78 births per million (ranked 15.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Eliyahu is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #773 (15.2% percentile) with 78 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Eliyahu".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Eliyahu. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.9% confident that Eliyahu is pronounced as eh-lee-YAH-hue, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is eh-LEE-yah-hue, at 10.7% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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