Elyanah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- el-ee-AH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Elyanah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God has answered”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Elyanah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Elyana, itself a spelling of Eliana
“my God has answered”
Variant spelling of Eliana, which is also an Italian and Spanish name from the Roman name Aelianus.
Meaning borrowed from Elyana.
Is Elyanah a girl's or a boy's name?
Elyanah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elyanah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Elyanah, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Elyanah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elyanah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
Nicknames for Elyanah
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elyanah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah Azariah Selah Elianna Eliora Eliany Delilah Elowyn Elliott Eliana Salem Neriah
Names related to Elyanah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Elyanah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elyanah, updated 20 October 2026.