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Elias

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
The Lord Is My God
Finnish
GreekElijah
Variation of
Spanish

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Biblical

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Elias

Pronunciation

e-lias

Famous People

Politician Elias Kane

Celebrity Babies

Son of Boris Becker, Son of Vincent Irizarry

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #13, 8,837 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #8027, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10917, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20258,8378
20247,6537
20237,0037
20226,72813
20216,34911
20205,9907
20195,7207
20185,3489
20174,931–
20164,4866

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #69, 738 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025738
2024687
2023561
2022572
2021547
2020510
2019491
2018471
2017454
2016342

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #107, 708 births); most recent 2023 (rank #131, 514 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #4906, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023514–
2022594–
2021622–
2020614–
2019657–
2018674–
2017708–
2016639–
2015602–
2014638–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #184, 26 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
202526
202420
202317
202212
202122
202016
201917
201811
201716
201619

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #192, 23 births); most recent 2025 (rank #208, 20 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
202520
202421
202323
202215
202121
202013
201914
201813
20176
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #175, 12 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
202512
202411
202311
202211
20217
20209
20196
20185
20175
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #52, 60 births); most recent 2023 (rank #47, 54 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
202354
202255
202153
202060
201957
201848
201730
201638
201537
201449

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence