Boys' name · since 2000
Elye
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 190 babies named Elye, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,270 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,793 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
190 babies have been named Elye since 2000, making it today's #12793 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elye has been recorded 190 times among boys since 2000, currently ranked #12793 nationally and more common than 8% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #13,270 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,793 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 190 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elye ranks #13,270 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,793 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 190 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,270 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,793 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elye's 190 recorded births place it above 70.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elye compares
190 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Elye's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elye | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 190 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Elye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elye splits its recorded history at 2012: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Elye by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (102 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Elye's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Elye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 102 births (54% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elye's data
- Elye's decade-level peak was the 2010s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
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, 2000–2025 (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 Elye 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.