How Many People Are Named Eliyah?
people named Eliyah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 155,215 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,221 babies named Eliyah in Social Security records from 1991 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
119 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Eliyah, 65.2% were girls and 34.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Eliyah rose from 48% in the 1990s to 65.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eliyah alive today is about 11 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eliyah first appears in the records in 1991 and was given most often in 2024, to 119 babies. In 2025, 92 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1991 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Eliyah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,124, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #2,938. Among boys, its best rank was #2,821, in 2019.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,938 | #3,331 |
| Best rank | #2,124 (2024) | #2,821 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,767 in the 2010s | #3,487 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eliyah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eliyah were born in California than in any other state: about 205 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eliyah was given 3.1 times as often in Florida, 2.7 times in California and 2.5 times in Texas.
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