Total births
69
Boys' name · since 2007
Elay
69 babies named Elay in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 69
- total births
- 2007–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
69 boys have been named Elay since 2007, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Elay has 69 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- 69 total births
- 2007–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
69 boys have been named Elay since 2007, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 69
- total births
- 2007–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
51% of everyone ever named Elay was born in this single decade.
2014
Single peak year
10 babies were named Elay in 2014 - its busiest year on record.
Elay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elay's full recorded timeline at 2019, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elay at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2014
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2007
Elay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Elay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Elay's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Elay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (51% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Elay? ▼
Elay has been given to 69 babies in the U.S. since 2007, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 10 babies were born in 2014, its single highest year.
When was Elay most popular? ▼
Elay was most popular in the 2020s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Elay been used? ▼
Elay has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 19 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Elay? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Elan, Elam, Eladio, Elaine, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Elay
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Eladio Boy
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Elay: Baby Name Since 2007 - 69 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/elay. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elay draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.