Eliya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Eliya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
Where does Eliya come from?
Spelling of Eliyah; possibly a form of Elijah, or a blend of Eli and Aaliyah
Meaning borrowed from Eliyah.
Is Eliya a girl's or a boy's name?
Eliya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 36 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Eliya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Eliya, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Eliya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 87 girls in the UK were given Eliya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #495, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
In 2024, 80% of the babies named Eliya in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Eliya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
How popular is Eliya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,974th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Eliya, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993. 18 boys were also named Eliya in 2025 (5,207th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Eliya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 200 girls in the US were given Eliya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 67% of the babies named Eliya in the US were girls.
Eliya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
Names like Eliya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Safiya, Amira, Hafsa, Zainab, Khadija, Ayah, Hiba, Abeeha, Ayra, Nusaybah
Other spellings of Eliya
Names related to Eliya
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, “Eliya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eliya, updated 20 October 2026.