Eliyah
Eliyah was the 2938th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2124th with 90 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 429 places. More babies were named Eliyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,938 girls, down 210 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 57girls
- Girls and boys
- 66% girls, 34% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202490 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,221babies recorded
Eliyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #2,938 | #3,332 | 57 | 35 |
| 2020 | #2,728 | #2,942 | 61 | 40 |
| 2010 | #3,268 | #4,026 | 50 | 25 |
| 2000 | #6,583 | #6,035 | 16 | 11 |
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How popular is Eliyah, counting every spelling?
Eliyah is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,742 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,938 for Eliyah on its own. Together these spellings went to 100 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eliyah | 57 | #2,938 | 351 |
| Eliya | 36 | #4,003 | 191 |
| Elliyah | — | — | 43 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Eliyah?
57 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Eliyah (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Eliyah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 147 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Eliyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Eliyah?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Eliyah are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 17. That makes Eliyah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Eliyah by state
How common Eliyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Eliyah
How popular is the name Eliyah?
Eliyah was the 2938th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2124th with 90 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 429 places. More babies were named Eliyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Eliyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 66% girls, 34% boys given the name Eliyah in the US.
Where is Eliyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Eliyah was most common in Florida (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.