Elayna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LAY-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,299 for girls
Elayna is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,299th for girls in the US (171 babies).
What does Elayna mean?
Greek: modern spelling of Elena or Elaine
A modern spelling of Elena or Elaine, both forms of Helen.
Is Elayna a girl's or a boy's name?
Elayna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 171 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elayna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Elayna, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 28 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Elayna than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Elayna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 431 girls in the UK were given Elayna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #147, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Elayna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Elayna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,299th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 171 about 1 in 9,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 171 girls in the US were named Elayna, making it the 1,299th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,236th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 228 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the girls named Elayna in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,305 girls in the US were given Elayna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #33, up from #1,299 for this spelling alone.
Elayna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | #1,299 |
| 2024 | 156 | #1,425 |
| 2023 | 148 | #1,474 |
| 2022 | 204 | #1,177 |
| 2021 | 201 | #1,198 |
| 2020 | 184 | #1,236 |
| 2019 | 192 | #1,218 |
| 2018 | 205 | #1,174 |
| 2017 | 186 | #1,268 |
| 2016 | 222 | #1,140 |
| 2015 | 202 | #1,223 |
| 2014 | 228 | #1,112 |
| 2013 | 193 | #1,238 |
| 2012 | 224 | #1,108 |
| 2011 | 197 | #1,217 |
| 2010 | 195 | #1,234 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,546 |
| 2008 | 158 | #1,479 |
| 2007 | 158 | #1,475 |
| 2006 | 160 | #1,415 |
| 2005 | 143 | #1,471 |
| 2004 | 172 | #1,257 |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,611 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,519 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,792 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,823 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,750 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,773 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,460 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
Nicknames for Elayna
- Lainey 257 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elayna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna, Athena, Eliana, Lyra, Amira, Ayla, Kiara, Fatima, Khadija, Amara, Sophia, Safa
Other spellings of Elayna
Elena, Elaina, Ellena, Eleena, Elaynah, Elenna, Ellaina, Elainna, Elainah, Ellayna
Names related to Elayna
Elliana, Aleyna, Elianna, Alena, Elyana, Elana, Elani, Eliyanah
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Elayna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elayna, updated 20 October 2026.