1. Home
  2. Popular Names
  3. Elijah

Is Elijah a Male or Female Name?

Elijah is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Elijah globally is 98.7% males and 1.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Kenya with 99.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is Philippines with 5.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Elijah in percentages: Globally: 98.7% males, 1.3% females, United States: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, Nigeria: 96.9% males, 3.1% females, Kenya: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, South Africa: 97.8% males, 2.2% females, United Kingdom: 98.3% males, 1.7% females, Canada: 98.7% males, 1.3% females, Ghana: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Philippines: 94.1% males, 5.9% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Elijah are 18-24 years old, making up 33.3% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 55-64.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Elijah in each age group: 18-24: 33.3%, 25-34: 20.7%, 35-44: 17.2%, 45-54: 13.2%, 55-64: 7.8%, 65+: 7.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Elijah is Kenya with 0.1435% of the population. Following is Ghana and Nigeria.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Elijah measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Elijah year over year: 1956: 0.0006‰, 1957: 0.0009‰, 1958: 0.0005‰, 1959: 0.001‰, 1960: 0.0016‰, 1961: 0.0004‰, 1962: 0.0011‰, 1963: 0.0011‰, 1964: 0.001‰, 1965: 0.0008‰, 1966: 0.0005‰, 1967: 0.0014‰, 1968: 0.0008‰, 1969: 0.0007‰, 1970: 0.0011‰, 1971: 0.0009‰, 1972: 0.0012‰, 1973: 0.001‰, 1974: 0.0018‰, 1975: 0.0014‰, 1976: 0.0019‰, 1977: 0.0017‰, 1978: 0.0022‰, 1979: 0.0018‰, 1980: 0.002‰, 1981: 0.0023‰, 1982: 0.0026‰, 1983: 0.002‰, 1984: 0.0021‰, 1985: 0.002‰, 1986: 0.0019‰, 1987: 0.002‰, 1988: 0.0018‰, 1989: 0.0019‰, 1990: 0.0017‰, 1991: 0.0019‰, 1992: 0.0025‰, 1993: 0.0022‰, 1994: 0.0034‰, 1995: 0.0043‰, 1996: 0.0043‰, 1997: 0.0034‰, 1998: 0.0042‰, 1999: 0.0023‰, 2000: 0.0043‰

Need to Check a Lot of Names?

We offer tools for checking gender, age and nationality of names. Integrate with our service through API or no-code tools or upload and process CSV files .