Given name
Ahijah
“brother(s) of Yah”
Ahijah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאחיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Ahijah means “brother(s) of Yah.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Ahijah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew noun 'ah (אח), “brother.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ahijah appears in 1 Samuel 14:3, 1 Chronicles 2:25.
- 1 Samuel 14:3
- 1 Chronicles 2:25
From biblical name research
Ahijah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80
- 80 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 140 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ahijah’s family of names
See also 22
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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