Eliya is a distinctive choice, ranked #2138 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Eliya in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2138
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About the Name Eliya
Eliya has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 91 places in five years. It was most popular in 2022 at #1767 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1999.
Eliya is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Eliya in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Eliya
Ilana Eliya — Ilana Eliya is an Israeli singer of Kurdish descent.
Eliya Zulu — Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu is a Malawian born demographer and policy analyst who is the founder of the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP).
Eliya XII — Eliya XII was Patriarch of the Church of the East, from 1778 to 1804, with formal residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery, near Alqosh, in modern Iraq.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Eliya
Unlikely. With around 13 UK babies named Eliya per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Eliya in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Eliya has been fairly steady, ranked #2,138 in 2025 against #2,163 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #1,767 in 2022.
Eliya is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Eliya include: Ilana Eliya, Eliya Zulu and Eliya I of Seleucia-Ctesiphon. Short summaries for each appear below.
Eliya does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Eliyas in the wild.
13
UK babies named Eliya (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 25 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Eliya
Almost certainly the only Eliya in the class
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UK Popularity (1999–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Eliya
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Eliya ibn ʿUbaid (Arabic: إيليا بن عبيد), also called Īlīyā al-Jawharī, was a theologian, philosopher, canonist and chronographer of the Church of the East.