Is Eliyah a boy or girl name?

Eliyah is a unisex name. Of the 2,221 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 65.1% were girls and 34.9% were boys. It changed hands in 1999, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Eliyah

Recorded 1991–2025 · United States

Eliyah was most popular in 2024, when 119 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,165 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,745, with 92 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,221 people named Eliyah.

Eliyah over time

Births per year. The dot marks Eliyah’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Eliyah a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Eliyah is a unisex name — 65.1% of the 2,221 Americans given it were girls and 34.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 1999 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 66% girls and 34% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Eliyah

Where Eliyah is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org