Elay

#8,437 in 2025Boys' name

Country, society + moon

Elay has been given to 69 babies in the U.S. since 2007. In 2025 it ranked #8,437 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Elay, 2025

1 in 368,000

Elay over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Elay: meaning, origin, and history

Country, society + moon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Elay means

Elay means “country, society + moon”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 69 boys were recorded with the name Elay between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2014; its best national rank was #7,705 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,249 in 2020 to #8,437 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Elay?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 190,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,437; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Elay sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elay. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elays were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elay was born before 2020 — so the typical Elay is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 50.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 69; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 50.7% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Elay rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: −188; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 90.0%; Peak was 2014 (10)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 43.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,705; 2014

Spellings of Elay

Elay is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 22.0% against Elay's <0.01%.

Alan22.0%363,313
Evan17.5%287,701
Ray12.4%204,701
Jay11.9%195,548
Eli9.3%153,495
Elias7.8%129,263
Kelly5.0%82,400
Clay2.4%40,252

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Elay around the world

Where Elay ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2023–2024
#4,392
in 2024

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Elay by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,437
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 188
Best rank ever: #7,705; 2014
Peak year: 2014; 10 that year
First recorded: 2007
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 69
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Elay

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Elai Eland Ilay Elad Flay Nilay Elante Elazar Elario Elam Alay Elan Lay Klay Elaan Eladio Findlay Elaine Nikolay Finlay Macaulay Elaijah Finnlay Elajuwon

Sibling names for Elay

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Caesar

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