Eljay

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Eljay: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Eljay: Recorded since 2004, it reached #2,544 in 2009, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#2544highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3651
2006	#4052
2009	#2544
2012	#2721
2015	#4747
2016	#3478
2017	#4812
2018	#4749
2019	#3937
2021	#3451
2022	#3449
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 12 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3651 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2544 among boys in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Eljay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Eljay in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	25	6 of 10	4
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Eljay appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2544 in England and Wales in 2009.

Eljay's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,544, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amarii · #2544, 13y
Evans · #2544, 13y
Haaziq · #2544, 14y
Arti · #2546, 10y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Amarii · #2544, 13y
Evans · #2544, 13y
Haron · #2544, 18y
Boyan · #2546, 12y

Eljay and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Eljay without appearing here.

Eljay moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #4789.
Einar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3937 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #4789.
Brooke Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #4702.

Moved ahead of Eljay

Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2544 and #3744 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.

Moved the opposite way to Eljay

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eljay went from #3651 to #5119 while Albie went from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eljay went from #3651 to #5119 while Alfred went from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eljay went from #3651 to #5119 while Archie went from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eljay went from #3651 to #5119 while Arlo went from #875 to #15.

Moved the same way as Eljay

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eljay went from #3651 to #5119 and Aaron from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eljay went from #3651 to #5119 and Adam from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eljay went from #3651 to #5119 and Alan from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eljay went from #3651 to #5119 and Alex from #46 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2544 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Eljay

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Popularity journey

Eljay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Eljay at a glance

Eljay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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