Eliyah

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Peak · girls
#2,118
2024 · 90 births
Debut · girls
1994
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,446
since 1994

Eliyah over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,808, 2019girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,93357#3,31435
2024#2,11890#3,79329
2023#2,61467#3,41634
2022#2,53070#3,15138
2021#2,58667#2,86243
2020#2,71261#2,92540
2019#2,45172#2,80844
2018#2,43873#3,60730
2017#3,09152#3,99326
2016#2,90258#3,88327
2015#2,50172#3,43132
2014#2,61567#3,69328
2013#2,72663#2,99837
2012#3,00656#3,62529
2011#2,79662#3,16435
2010#3,25650#3,99425
2009#3,18952#4,03525
2008#2,92360#4,14524
2007#3,84841#5,43416
2006#4,16535#4,37021
2005#4,11834#4,82417
2004#5,20824#4,60218
2003#3,94634#4,42618
2002#5,08623#6,08811
2001#4,02531#4,30218
2000#6,48716#5,92011
1999#5,42419#4,76214
1998#8,01611#4,65014
1997#7,74211—
1996#13,5185#7,9716
1995#10,5147#8,8685
1994#11,7786#6,3728
1993—#8,7005
1992—#6,6707
1991—#8,2365
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five girls were named Eliyah! It came in at #11,778, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1994–1996, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Eliyah is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,061 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,955 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,276 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 20,216 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Eliyah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#1,061 · 1 in 5,955
  2. California#2,276 · 1 in 20,216

Best ever in a state: #870 in Colorado, 2011.

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Michigan#1,06161 in 5,955
California#2,27681 in 20,216
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Eliyah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 815 spots since 2024 (#2,118 → #2,933)
  • 221 spots since 2020 (#2,712 → #2,933)
  • 432 spots since 2015 (#2,501 → #2,933)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 2024 at #2,118 (90 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,002
  • Highest: 1 in 18,002 girls born in 2024 were named Eliyah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,198 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 43.2% of all girls named Eliyah (625) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1999
  • Mostly boys until 1998, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s59#5,424 (1999)#9,499
2000s350#2,923 (2008)#4,300
2010s625#2,438 (2018)#2,778
2020s412#2,118 (2024)#2,582

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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