Girls' name · since 2004
Elaya
Elaya has 517 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,114 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 517
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
517 babies have been named Elaya since 2004, making it today's #2114 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Elaya recorded 517 times among girls since 2004, holding rank #2114 nationally today, ahead of 88% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #11,598 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,114 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 517 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elaya ranks #11,598 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,114 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 517 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,114 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 517
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elaya's 517 recorded births place it above 83.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Elaya compares
517 Top 44% higher than 56% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elaya's all-time total is 38% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 517 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 89 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elaya's full recorded timeline at 2015, 83% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 17% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 89 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 89
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Elaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (291 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Elaya's strongest decade.
291 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Elaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 36
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
190 births
- 2020s
2020s
291 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 291 births (56% of all-time use).
How Elaya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Elaya's total volume
Elaya by state
Where Elaya concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 44 | 8.5% |
| #2 | California | | 31 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 19 | 3.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 7 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Washington | | 5 | 1.0% |
44 of 517 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Elaya's data
- Texas records the most Elayas (44 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~2025)
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Elaya 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 August 2026.