Elaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LAY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #576 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,099 for girls
Elaya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 576th for girls in the UK (74 babies) and 2,099th for girls in the US (89 babies).
Where does Elaya come from?
Modern name of uncertain origin
Is Elaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Elaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 girls in the UK and 89 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #576among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 283% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 74 girls in the UK were named Elaya, making it the 576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th.
2025 had the most girls named Elaya of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Elaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 109 girls in the UK were given Elaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #414, up from #576 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 561st in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Elaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #576 |
| 2024 | 44 | #887 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Elaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,099among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 89about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 89 girls in the US were named Elaya, making it the 2,099th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most girls named Elaya of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Elaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 255 girls in the US were given Elaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #2,099 for this spelling alone.
Elaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #2,099 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,891 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
Names like Elaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abeeha Safa Nusaybah Alaya Ayra Hafsa Rumaysa Raya Safiya Inaya Liyana Amaya
Other spellings of Elaya
Names related to Elaya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elaya, updated 20 October 2026.