Elaiyah — #9479 US girls' name
51 babies named Elaiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to girls today.
76% of everyone ever named Elaiyah was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Elaiyah in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elaiyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Elaiyah between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elaiyah currently holds the #9479 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elaiyah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Elaiyah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elaiyah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 51 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Elaiyah at a glance
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Current rank
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Elaiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2017
- Peak year (2023)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #9479 among girls.
51 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 11 births in a single year.
Elaiyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 39 births that decade — 76% of Elaiyah's all-time total
Elaiyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Elaiyah's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2017–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.