Is Elya a boy or girl name?

Elya is a unisex name. Of the 659 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 38.7% were girls and 61.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2025, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Elya

Recorded 1983–2025 · United States

Elya was most popular in 2019, when 38 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,713 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 659 people named Elya.

Elya over time

Births per year. The dot marks Elya’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Elya a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elya is a unisex name — 38.7% of the 659 Americans given it were girls and 61.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 33% girls and 67% 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 Elya

Where Elya is most concentrated

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

New York 12.8×

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