Ellyana
Feminine
Ellyana joins Elle to an -ana ending, and behind Elle sit Eleanor and Ellen — two names whose meanings nobody has recovered.
How old is the name Ellyana?
Ellyana first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Ellyana is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,500 people named Ellyana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ellyana most popular?
Ellyana peaked in 2014, reaching #1804 nationally. Today it ranks #2607, 803 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
Where it comes from
From Elle to Ellyana
Our story of Ellyana
Our story of Ellyana is a story of an ending attached to an uncertain front. Elle serves as the short form of Eleanor, Ellen and Elizabeth, and only the last has a recoverable meaning — the Hebrew for 'my God is an oath'. Helen's origin has defeated everyone who has tried it. American families added -ana in the 2000s, producing Ellyana, Eliana and Elliana. The compound is that recent.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
The Elly- front is a short form of Eleanor, Ellen or Elizabeth. Eleanor's origin is unrecovered, Ellen descends from Helen which is also unrecovered, and Elizabeth is the Hebrew 'my God is an oath'. The -ana ending is modern. Only one possible parent has a settled meaning.
How the name formed
- Elle
- Ellyana
Related forms: Elliana · Eliana
Pronouncing Ellyana
el-ee-AH-nah
Four syllables, stress on the third. Ellyana and Elliana are said identically.
Nicknames for Ellyana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2000
- Most girls named
- 2014113 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1804reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- −2.9%66 in 2025, from 68
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.
Ellyana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Elliana in English — spelling variant
- Eliana in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Ohio.
Ellyanas among us
people named Ellyana are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 24,353 born in 2025 was named Ellyana
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Ellyana
- #2607
- Ellyana on the 2025 chart
- #4
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ellyana went to 66 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 — 2,603 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 24,353 for Ellyana 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Anamaria test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ellyana's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Anamaria climbed just as high around 1999, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Anamaria's path sketches the road Ellyana is walking now.
Ellyana 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 Ellyana is headed
Ellyana should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Ellyana beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ellyana in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Elly and Ana are two short forms, both with real records.
- Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The Elizabeth route gives a settled meaning where it holds.
- Most of the possible parent names have unrecovered meanings.
- Eliana and Elliana are both close and commoner.
- It will be respelled by other people constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ellyanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Ellyana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Ellyana?
- Ellyana is one of 8 recorded spellings. Eliana is the more common one — 8,191 births in 2025 against 66 for Ellyana.
- How popular is the name Ellyana in 2025?
- Ellyana ranks #2607 among US girl names in 2025, with 66 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ellyana?
- About 1 in every 24,353 US girls born in 2025 was named Ellyana — 66 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ellyana with classmates?
- Ellyana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ellyana
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