# Elijah name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/elijah
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2024

## Summary
Elijah ranked #8 officially for boys in 2024. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #9.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #8
- Birth count: 11,171
- Rate per 10,000: 65.13

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Elijah
- Rank: #9
- Birth count: 11,183
- Rate per 10,000: 65.20
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.08
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.34
- Expected per school of 300: 1.01
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 28.3%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2020
- Best rank year: 2020
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 84.9%

## Spelling components
- Elijah: 11,171 births
- Ellijah: 12 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology