Elay
Elay is a name with a single cultural origin: Azerbaijani.
- Azerbaijani
Meaning & Origin of Elay
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elay is a name with a single cultural origin: Azerbaijani.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Azerbaijani
The Story of Elay
Elay first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2007, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2014: 10 births, good for #7,560 nationwide. About 47% of every Elay on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Elay last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 55 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Elay
Elay is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 55 births in the dataset. Elay's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #7,560. Use the chart and map above to compare Elay's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.