Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Eliya 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 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eliya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,032
- 196 boys · 836 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 54
- #4,003 for girls · #5,266 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,003 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 45 in 2012. It also appeared in 18 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 787 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eliya’s family of names
Eliya has a conventional equivalent in the French form Élie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eliya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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