Elyana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- el-ee-AH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #945 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,173 for girls
Elyana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God has answered”. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 1,173rd for girls in the US (197 babies).
What does Elyana mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Eliana
“my God has answered”
Variant spelling of Eliana, which is also an Italian and Spanish name from the Roman name Aelianus.
Is Elyana a girl's or a boy's name?
Elyana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 197 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elyana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 945th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 116% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Elyana, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Elyana of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Elyana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 946 girls in the UK were given Elyana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #57, up from #945 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales.
Elyana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Elyana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,173rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 197 about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 197 girls in the US were named Elyana, making it the 1,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,893rd. It first appears in the records in 1986.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Elyana of any year since it first appeared, in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Elyana in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11,101 girls in the US were given Elyana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #8, up from #1,173 for this spelling alone.
Elyana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | #1,173 |
| 2024 | 159 | #1,406 |
| 2023 | 152 | #1,459 |
| 2022 | 132 | #1,601 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,652 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,893 |
| 2019 | 122 | #1,708 |
| 2018 | 134 | #1,595 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,917 |
| 2016 | 100 | #1,986 |
| 2015 | 91 | #2,113 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 94 | #2,052 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 75 | #2,476 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,119 |
| 2007 | 58 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
Nicknames for Elyana
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elyana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariella, Arabella, Isabella, Eliora, Emilia, Eliza, Lyra, Isla, Ava, Gabriella, Mila, Sienna
Other spellings of Elyana
Eliana, Elliana, Eliyana, Eliyanah, Elianah, Eleana, Eliaana, Ellyana, Ellyanna, Eliyanna, Elleana, Eliannah
Names related to Elyana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Elyana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elyana, updated 20 October 2026.