Is Elyas a boy or girl name?

Elyas is a boy’s name. Of the 2,084 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Elyas

Recorded 1988–2025 · United States

Elyas was most popular in 2024, when 164 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,574 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,617, with 156 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,084 people named Elyas.

Elyas over time

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

Is Elyas a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elyas is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,084 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 Elyas

Where Elyas 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