Eliyah Boy & girl
How popular is Eliyah?
#2,933 girl name in 2025
57 baby girls were named Eliyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2933rd most popular girl name. Another 35 boys got the name (#3,313 for boys).
Eliyah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,933 for girls (▼ 815 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 57 girls, 35 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,501 in 2015, #2,712 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (90 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,118 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 34% boys, 66% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eliyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eliyah family of names ranked #1,543 for girls in 2025 (#1,300 the year before), with 100 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eliyah | 57 | 57% |
| Eliya | 36 | 36% |
| Elliya | 7 | 7% |
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 Eliyah is most popular
Babies named Eliyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Eliyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Eliyah
Questions
- Is Eliyah a boy or girl name?
- Eliyah is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 34% of babies named Eliyah were boys and 66% were girls.
- How popular is the name Eliyah?
- 57 baby girls were named Eliyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2933rd most popular girl name. Another 35 boys got the name (#3,313 for boys).
- When was Eliyah most popular?
- Eliyah peaked in 2024, when 90 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,118 in 2024.
- How many people are named Eliyah?
- 2,221 babies have been named Eliyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,205 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Eliyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eliyah was most common in Florida, at 0.1 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.