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Eliya

#4,002 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Form of Elijah

Eliya has been given to 1,032 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #4,002 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 45 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% girls, 19% boys all-time.

Babies named Eliya, 2025

1 in 92,100

Eliya over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Eliya over time

In 2025, Eliya went to 67% girls and 33% boys.

19932025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Eliya: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Elijah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eliya means

Eliya is a form of Elijah.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Eliya → Elijah. The family’s meaning is “Yahweh is my god”, recorded in English with the source elements Eliyahu.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elijah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 836 girls were recorded with the name Eliya between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 45 in 2012; its best national rank was #3,541 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,379 in 2020 to #4,002 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,720 in 2015 to #4,002 in 2025.

In the United States, 196 boys were recorded with the name Eliya between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2018; its best national rank was #5,156 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,390 in 2020 to #5,264 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,236 in 2015 to #5,264 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Eliya?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 44,600
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,002
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Eliya sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eliya. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eliyas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eliya was born before 2013 — so the typical Eliya is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
836
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.5% of all recorded uses (330).

Is Eliya 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
+227
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+377
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−282
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.88×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
80.0%
Peak was 2012 (45)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,541
2012

Spellings of Eliya

Eliya is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 31.5% against Eliya's 0.03%.

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.

Where Eliya is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Eliya was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 336,270 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Eliya has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Eliya is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Eliya was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,452,725 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Eliya has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Eliya around the world

Where Eliya 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.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #2,138
    in 2025
  • France
    2001–2025
    #968
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #1,709
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Eliya by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,002
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 377
Best rank ever
#3,541
2012
Peak year
2012
45 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
836
Count in 2025
36

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,264
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,126
Best rank ever
#5,156
2018
Peak year
2018
18 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
196
Count in 2025
18

Names similar to Eliya

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

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Sibling names for Eliya

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

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