Girls' name · since 2002
Elayah
Elayah has 402 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,064 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 402
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elayah currently ranks #5064 among girls' names in America, with 402 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elayah has been recorded 402 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #5064 nationally and more common than 71% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #13,465 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,064 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 402 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elayah ranks #13,465 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,064 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 402 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,064 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 402
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elayah's 402 recorded births place it above 81.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Elayah compares
402 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Elayah's all-time total is 7% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 402 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elayah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 43 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Elayah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (187 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Elayah's strongest decade.
187 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Elayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
185 births
- 2020s
2020s
187 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 187 births (47% of all-time use).
Elayah by state
Where Elayah concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 14 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.5% |
28 of 402 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- California records the most Elayahs (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Elayah 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.