Elayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LAY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Elayah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
Where does Elayah come from?
Spelling of Elaya; modern name of uncertain origin
Meaning borrowed from Elaya.
Is Elayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Elayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Elayah, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 109 girls in the UK were given Elayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #414, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Elayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Elayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Elayah, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Elayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 255 girls in the US were given Elayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #4,986 for this spelling alone.
Elayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Elayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Safa, Aaliyah, Ruqayyah, Abeeha, Sumayyah, Zainab, Hidayah, Aafiyah, Hafsa, Aaminah
Other spellings of Elayah
Names related to Elayah
Elaia, Eiliyah, Aleya, Elaiya, Aleah, Aleyah, Elahi, Alyah, Aleeyah, Aleiyah
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, “Elayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elayah, updated 20 October 2026.