Elyja — boys' name
17 babies named Elyja in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
17 boys have been named Elyja since 2002, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2014.
- 17
- total births
- 2002–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
71% of everyone ever named Elyja was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Elyja in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elyja
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Elyja between 2002 and 2014, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elyja currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elyja performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Elyja shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elyja 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 17 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.
Elyja at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elyja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2002
- Peak year (2002)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
17 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 7 births in a single year.
Elyja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 12 births that decade — 71% of Elyja's all-time total
Elyja decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Elyja's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% 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, 2002–2014 (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.