Given name

Eja

Eja is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Eja isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Eja through the years

Babies since 1880
45
0 boys · 45 girls
Most popular year
2004
13 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Eja in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2001–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 121 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.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Eja, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Modern

Enija

Enija is a feminine given name from English. It is used in Latvian.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Teija

“gift” · “god”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Eyonna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ahjah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jerah

“God has seen” · “a religious woman”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Arpa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Meha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Emmalea

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Eja’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Eja