girls:
229 births since 1983
#5487 (4th percentile)
boys:
365 births since 1991
#4221 (8th percentile)
overall:
594 births since 1983
#7145 (8th percentile)
The name Elya is the #7,145 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 594 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 7.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,221 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 365 births since 1991. For girls, it ranks #5,487 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 229 births since 1983.
Elya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for girls and 1991 for boys). Birth data for Elya is available in 38 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023 (30 years for boys and 28 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Elya has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (61.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 51.6% of babies named Elya were boys. Interestingly, until around 1995, the name was more popular for girls (85.3% girls from 1983 to 1994), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (71.1% boys from 1995 to 2023).
For boys, Elya reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #894) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Elya ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 60.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Elya reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #937) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Elya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #937 (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elya".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Elya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.9% confident that Elya is pronounced as EHL-yuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EEL-yuh, at 12.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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