Elia

#970 for girls in 2025, 263 births · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to girls 89.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 321 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,084
since 1884

Elia over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #2,269, 1982girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#970263#2,99141
2024#841321#4,57122
2023#871308#3,56632
2022#919294#3,34435
2021#884307#3,81428
2020#1,099222#3,73428
2019#1,073235#4,95119
2018#1,130216#4,22624
2017#1,087233#4,33123
2016#1,252195#4,77620
2015#1,234200#5,05818
2014#1,333177#4,26323
2013#1,451154#5,40416
2012#1,575138#5,48216
2011#1,301181#5,20017
2010#1,521147#6,69812
2009#1,450160#7,23611
2008#1,657135#5,76715
2007#1,370176#5,21017
2006#2,05096#4,67519
2005#1,819107#5,87513
2004#1,855102#5,00716
2003#1,702112#4,81516
2002#2,04684#4,50217
2001#2,06481#3,97420
2000#2,17473#5,29713
1999#2,25866#7,1398
1998#2,24463#5,46611
1997#1,98372#5,28811
1996#1,88177#4,61313
1995#1,88074#5,12411
1994#1,92973#4,80312
1993#1,81580#3,81916
1992#2,10564#5,6609
1991#1,75282#8,2365
1990#1,60593#3,60716
1989#2,09659#4,81110
1988#2,07156#4,16211
1987#1,89960#5,4597
1986#2,00354#4,8538
1985#1,92857#3,59912
1984#1,77161#3,10714
1983#2,15645#3,63011
1982#1,85058#2,26922
1981#1,71466#3,22113
1980#1,90456#3,09814
1979#1,73163#3,16813
1978#1,86253#3,21512
1977#1,80156#3,03713
1976#1,72955#2,82614
1975#1,48169#3,24611
1974#1,63057#2,94612
1973#1,77349#3,4459
1972#1,98940
1971#2,06440#3,3709
1970#1,87746#3,5218
1969#1,59156#2,86110
1968#1,74945#3,6736
1967#1,88139
1966#1,54852#3,9485
1965#1,80140
1964#1,89239#3,6016
1963#1,71545#3,6466
1962#1,62748#2,8489
1961#1,45459
1960#1,56151#4,0385
1959#1,43556#2,66310
1958#1,37959#2,50611
1957#1,49151
1956#1,43754#3,5356
1955#1,17572#3,5056
1954#1,24164
1953#1,29956
1952#1,33352
1951#1,31450
1950#1,16163
1949#1,30449#3,2986
1948#1,46140#3,6685
1947#1,23853#3,0967
1946#1,27646
1945#1,21343#2,9966
1944#1,18844
1943#1,49231#3,5385
1942#1,19544
1941#1,16641
1940#1,37430
1939#1,26534#3,4805
1938#1,23135#3,1756
1937#1,11641
1936#1,26732#3,1476
1935#1,03944#3,2526
1934#1,04744
1933#1,12339#3,2686
1932#1,08243
1931#1,31431
1930#1,18140#3,0228
1929#1,15941
1928#1,29035
1927#1,42332#2,9129
1926#1,41432#2,9049
1925#1,21041#4,1975
1924#1,50331#3,5057
1923#1,35034#3,8226
1922#1,61127#3,8726
1921#1,57728
1920#1,31235#2,76510
1919#1,69823#3,7366
1918#1,64524
1917#1,43127
1916#1,80519
1915#1,33928#3,8255
1914#2,12511
1913#1,88311
1912#1,9819
1911#1,45011
1910#1,20714
1909#1,36910
1908#1,8626
1907#2,0615
1906#1,5537
1905#1,6966
1904#1,6596
1903#1,7925
1902#1,02412
1901
1900#1,23110
1899#1,3946
1898
1897#93112
1896#1,04710
1895#1,2028
1894
1893#1,2776
1892#1,2786
1891#1,0937
1890#1,2106
1889#1,0257
1888#9598
1887#9377
1886
1885
1884#1,0245
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Elia! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Elia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 129 spots since 2024 (#841#970)
  • 129 spots since 2020 (#1,099#970)
  • 264 spots since 2015 (#1,234#970)
  • Biggest jump: 215 spots in 2021 (#1,099#884)
  • Biggest drop: 129 spots in 2025 (#841#970)
Rise & fade · girls
140 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 2024 at #841 (321 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2021–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,047
  • Highest: 1 in 5,047 girls born in 2024 were named Elia (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,111 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 20.7% of all girls named Elia (1,876) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s27#937 (1887)#986
1890s61#931 (1897)#1,179
1900s67#1,024 (1902)#1,583
1910s177#1,207 (1910)#1,656
1920s336#1,159 (1929)#1,385
1930s383#1,039 (1935)#1,167
1940s421#1,166 (1941)#1,291
1950s577#1,161 (1950)#1,327
1960s474#1,454 (1961)#1,682
1970s528#1,481 (1975)#1,794
1980s572#1,714 (1981)#1,939
1990s744#1,605 (1990)#1,945
2000s1,126#1,370 (2007)#1,819
2010s1,876#1,073 (2019)#1,296
2020s1,715#841 (2024)#931

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elia in 1935

girls
#1,039
44 births · 1 in 23,831 girls
boys
#3,252
6 births · 1 in 173,559 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,039Elia44

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #3,252Elia6
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 23,831 of them was named Elia, which outranked 78.8% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elia
  1. #1,031Mimi45
  2. #1,031Phillis45
  3. #1,031Phylis45
  4. #1,039Elia44
  5. #1,039Albertine44
  6. #1,039Berneice44
  7. #1,039Dian44
  8. #1,055Altha43
  9. #1,055Arthur43
  10. #1,055Augustine43

Tied with 15 names at #1,039; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 2,736Norita#3,449#713
  2. 1,073Shelby#1,913#840
  3. 672Darla#1,344#672
  4. 396Shirleyann#1,292#896
  5. 375Loris#1,236#861
Fallers
  1. 545Marcelina#938#1,483
  2. 456Tomasa#925#1,381
  3. 393Glendora#938#1,331
  4. 388Marceline#993#1,381
  5. 358Rheta#526#884

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 173,559 of them was named Elia, which outranked 21.6% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elia
  1. #2,951Yancey7
  2. #2,951York7
  3. #2,951Zed7
  4. #3,252Elia6
  5. #3,252Abdon6
  6. #3,252Adams6
  7. #3,252Agustine6
  8. #3,645Abb5
  9. #3,645Abundio5
  10. #3,645Acencion5

Tied with 392 names at #3,252; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 1,371Darwyn#2,121#750
  2. 678Landon#1,608#930
  3. 678Stafford#1,658#980
  4. 666Lance#1,658#992
  5. 492Delwin#1,461#969
Fallers
  1. 534Estel#792#1,326
  2. 493Gustav#897#1,390
  3. 381Florian#845#1,226
  4. 353Laurie#942#1,295
  5. 342Valentin#931#1,273

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935