Eliyahu

“My God is Yahweh” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #1236 in the US (2025) · Trending

Eliyahu is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1956, it stood at #1236 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 3,700 boys have been named Eliyahu along the way. In New Jersey and New York it runs 5–16× its national rate.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Eliyahus

Eliyahu M. Goldratt — Israeli business management author and thinker (1947-2011)
Eliyahu Rips — Israeli-Latvian mathematician (1948-2024)
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron — Israeli rabbi
Eliyahu Golomb — Israeli activist (1893-1945)
Eliyahu Winograd — Israeli judge (1926-2018)

What Eliyahus become

Among 65 notable people named Eliyahu:

Business leaders appear 3.9× more often than among typical names — e.g. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli business management author and thinker (1947-2011).

Similar names: Tzvi · Eliel · Atreyu · Aryeh · Eleazar · Elyjah

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