boys:
224 births since 2002
#4362 (5th percentile)
overall:
224 births since 2002
#7515 (3rd percentile)
The name Elai is the #7,515 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 224 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 2.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,362 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 224 births since 2002.
Elai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (first recorded for boys in 2002).
For boys, Elai reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #918) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Elai ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 72.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elai".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Elai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Elai is pronounced as ee-LAI, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-lay, at 17.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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