Elya**
#6,192 most common boys' name of all time · #15,435 across all names · 61% male / 39% female · used 1983–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,192
Rank overall
#15,435 of 105,966
First appeared
1983
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
659
Since 2016
311
Peak year
2019 #3,845
Best rank
#3,845 2019
Girls
Boys
peak 38/yr
Elya first appears in 1983. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 24 | 35 | #4,319 |
| 2024 | 15 | 14 | 29 | #6,310 |
| 2023 | 15 | 17 | 32 | #5,549 |
| 2022 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #5,112 |
| 2021 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #4,700 |
| 2020 | 11 | 21 | 32 | #4,612 |
| 2019 | 10 | 28 | 38 | #3,845 |
| 2018 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #4,158 |
| 2017 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #4,845 |
| 2016 | 11 | 19 | 30 | #5,042 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #7,239 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,809 |
| 2013 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #7,268 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #7,743 |
| 2010 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #6,174 |
| 2009 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,433 |
| 2008 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #5,365 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,324 |
| 2006 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,312 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,658 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,482 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,103 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,331 |
| 2001 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,876 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,638 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,245 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,358 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,026 |
| 1994 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #9,511 |
| 1992 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #9,172 |
| 1991 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #9,072 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1989 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1986 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1985 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | — |