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Elya

Elya was the #4,249 boys' name in the US in 2025 (24 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Elya as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Elya as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Elya as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#4,249 (24)#5,137 (3)
2024#6,199 (14)—
2023#5,470 (17)—
2022#5,019 (19)#4,790 (3)
2021#4,628 (21)—
2020#4,540 (21)#4,608 (3)
2019#3,794 (28)—
2018#4,094 (25)—
2017#4,746 (20)#4,812 (3)
2016#4,943 (19)#4,023 (4)
2015#7,066 (11)—
2014#7,562 (10)—
2013#5,923 (14)#3,822 (4)
2012#7,050 (11)—
2011#7,502 (10)—

Elya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Elya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Elya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#8,860 (11)#3,705 (6)#896 (31)
2024#7,251 (15)—#875 (32)
2023#7,247 (15)#4,710 (4)#987 (26)
2022#9,680 (10)#3,149 (7)#927 (28)
2021#11,146 (8)#5,581 (3)#1,286 (19)
2020#8,953 (11)#3,447 (6)#1,662 (13)
2019#9,736 (10)—#1,283 (19)
2018#13,793 (6)#3,178 (7)#863 (32)
2017#14,124 (6)#2,925 (8)#1,584 (14)
2016#9,411 (11)#4,763 (4)#1,191 (21)
2015#9,481 (11)#4,736 (4)#1,584 (14)
2014#13,069 (7)#3,514 (6)#1,077 (24)
2013—#4,739 (4)#2,058 (10)
2012#11,257 (9)#5,876 (3)#2,601 (7)
2011#16,764 (5)#4,049 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #3,794.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.
  • In 2025, 31% of US babies named Elya were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 71,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 140,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Elya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 93,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 58,000 to 1 in 150,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #745NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Elya (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#23825

Elya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElyaCanadaGirls#89631
ElyaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
ElyaEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
ElyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElyaUSGirls#8,86011
ElyaUSBoys#4,24924