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Elianah

Feminine · “my God has answered”

2001high 2025
#2458 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare72 girls in 2025

Elianah is 'my God has answered' in Hebrew — El and anah — a modern Israeli formation from two ordinary words.

How old is the name Elianah?

Elianah first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. The typical Elianah is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Elianah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Elianah most popular?

Elianah peaked in 2025, reaching #2458 nationally. Today it ranks #2458, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Elianah

Modern Israeli naming built freely on El, 'God', and ordinary verbs — Eliana is 'my God has answered', Elior 'my God is light', Elisheva 'my God is an oath'. A separate Latin Aeliana comes from a Roman family name. Elianah is a modern spelling and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

my God has answered

From the Hebrew Eliana — Eli, 'my God', and anah, 'to answer'. It is a modern Israeli formation rather than a biblical name, built from ordinary Hebrew. A separate Latin route from Aelianus, 'of the sun', is also proposed. The Hebrew is transparent.

How the name formed

  1. Eli anah
  2. Eliana
  3. Elianah

Related forms: אליענה · Eliana · Eliana

Pronouncing Elianah

el-ee-AH-nah

Four syllables, stress on the third. Hebrew stresses the last.

Nicknames for Elianah

Moderate

EliThe front of the name, and a name in its own right with a large record
AnaThe back of the name, and one of the most-used names in Europe
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 2001–2025723607220012025

US babies named Elianah per year from 2001 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#24582000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2001
Most girls named
202572 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2458reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+80.0%72 in 2025, from 40
Elianah sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 72 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Elianah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • אליענה in Hebrew — related form
  • Eliana in English — spelling variant
  • Eliana in Spanish — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.

Elianahs among us

800

people named Elianah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 22,323 born in 2025 was named Elianah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Elianah

#2458
Elianah on the 2025 chart
#4
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Elianah went to 72 girls in 2025, but Eliana, Elliana and Elianna and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 21 spellings went to 13,006, which makes it the 4th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,454 places above the chart.

and 13 rarer spellings.

About 1 girl in 124 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,323 for Elianah itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Syliva test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Elianah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Syliva climbed just as high around 1959, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Syliva's path sketches the road Elianah is walking now.

40%chance Elianah will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Elianah, aligned on its peakSyliva· peak 1959not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsSyliva · #8828Elianah today
Elianah today is about where Syliva stood in 1959 — in its own peak year. By 1974, Syliva had settled around #6214.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Elianah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Elianah is headed

20012030

US babies named Elianah per year, 2001 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Elianah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Steady-10% by 2030projected around #2,775 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Elianah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Elianah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Elianahthis name72#2458Edna72#2458Jailyn72#2458Jesse72#2458Roxy72#2458

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The my-God-has-answered meaning is transparent and warm.
  • Eli and Ana are two short forms, both with large records.
  • Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • Eliana is the standard spelling.
  • The origin is split between Hebrew and Latin routes.
  • The final h invites constant correction.

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Frequently asked

How many Elianahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Elianah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Elianah?
Elianah is one of 8 recorded spellings. Eliana is the more common one — 8,191 births in 2025 against 72 for Elianah.
How popular is the name Elianah in 2025?
Elianah ranks #2458 among US girl names in 2025, with 72 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Elianah?
About 1 in every 22,323 US girls born in 2025 was named Elianah — 72 in all.
Will my child share the name Elianah with classmates?
Elianah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Elianah

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Edna#2458 · Jailyn#2458 · Jesse#2458 · Roxy#2458 · Aiyla#2458 · Zaniya#2458 · Alanis#2458 · Samia#2458

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