boys:
1.8k births since 1988
#2963 (35th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1988
#5988 (23rd percentile)
The name Elyas is the #5,988 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,763 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 22.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,963 (35.4% percentile) for all time with 1,763 births since 1988.
Elyas first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (first recorded for boys in 1988). Birth data for Elyas is available in 31 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Elyas reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 16.5% percentile (ranked #761) with 85 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 85 births per million (ranked 16.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Elyas is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #761 (16.5% percentile) with 85 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elyas".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Elyas. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 26.3% confident that Elyas is pronounced as ih-LAI-uhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EHL-yuhs, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like IH0 L AY1 AH0 S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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