Alijah is a modern spelling of Elijah, the Hebrew Eliyahu, which means "my God is Yahweh" or "Yahweh is my God"; Elijah was the prophet who challenged the priests of Baal and was taken to heaven in a whirlwind. The a spelling gives the name the look of Aliyah and Ali and keeps the familiar nickname Eli. Alijah entered the US top 1000 in 2001, peaked at number 408 in 2021 and ranks number 469 in 2025.