Given name

Elaia

Elaia is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Elaia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Elaia through the years

Babies since 1880
309
0 boys · 309 girls
Most popular year
2024
64 babies
2025
58
#2,910 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+298%
Rising fast
0102030402025Highest share 202436
Elaia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2010–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inOhio, New York, Florida
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Ohio (6), New York (7), Florida (5), California (6), Texas (5).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 58 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,910 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7).

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

ElaiaElayaÉlaïa

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

See also 1

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

Similar names

If you love Elaia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Cornish · Modern

Ellory

“resembling a swan”

37RareRising fast

>99% girls

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Leiana

33RareSteady

>99% girls

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Enara

“swallow”

16Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Basque · Modern

Alaia

“one who is majestic, of high worth” · “joy”

75CommonRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Alanys

28RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Eliora

“God is my light”

51UncommonRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Anvika

42UncommonRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Elaia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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