Elya
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- EL-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Elya is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Elya mean?
Hebrew: form of Elijah; also a Russian pet form of names like Ella and Elvira
“my God is Yahweh”
Is Elya a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Elya has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 24 boys in the US.
How popular is Elya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Elya, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 9 girls. 3 boys were also named Elya in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Elya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 73% of the babies named Elya in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Elya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Elya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Elya, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991. 11 girls were also named Elya in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Elya than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Elya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 31% of the babies named Elya in the US were girls.
Elya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Elya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isla, Eliza, Freya, Eliana, Lyra, Mila, Ava, Thea, Emilia, Zara, Harper, Myla
Names related to Elya
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Elya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elya, updated 20 October 2026.