Elayna Girl
How popular is Elayna?
#1,299 girl name in 2025
171 baby girls were named Elayna in the US in 2025, making it the 1299th most popular girl name.
Elayna popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,299 for girls (▲ 126 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 171 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,223 in 2015, #1,236 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (228 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,108 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1958 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elayna counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elaina family of names ranked #243 for girls in 2025 (#231 the year before), with 1,377 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elaina | 1,176 | 85% |
| Elayna | 171 | 12% |
| Ellaina | 10 | 1% |
| Ellayna | 5 | 0% |
| Elainah | 6 | 0% |
| Elaynah | 9 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elayna is most popular
Babies named Elayna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Elayna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1960s | 70 | #3,951 |
| 1970s | 51 | #4,079 |
| 1980s | 168 | #3,166 |
| 1990s | 471 | #1,750 |
| 2000s | 1,373 | #1,257 |
| 2010s | 2,044 | #1,108 |
| 2020s | 1,064 | #1,177 |
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Questions
- Is Elayna a boy or girl name?
- Elayna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elayna were girls.
- How popular is the name Elayna?
- 171 baby girls were named Elayna in the US in 2025, making it the 1299th most popular girl name.
- When was Elayna most popular?
- Elayna peaked in 2014, when 228 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,108 in 2012.
- How many people are named Elayna?
- 5,251 babies have been named Elayna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,201 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Elayna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elayna was most common in Arkansas, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.