Elia
#970 for girls in 2025, 263 births · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to girls 89.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 321 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,084since 1884
Elia over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #970 | 263 | #2,991 | 41 |
| 2024 | #841 | 321 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #871 | 308 | #3,566 | 32 |
| 2022 | #919 | 294 | #3,344 | 35 |
| 2021 | #884 | 307 | #3,814 | 28 |
| 2020 | #1,099 | 222 | #3,734 | 28 |
| 2019 | #1,073 | 235 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #1,130 | 216 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #1,087 | 233 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #1,252 | 195 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #1,234 | 200 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #1,333 | 177 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #1,451 | 154 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #1,575 | 138 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #1,301 | 181 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #1,521 | 147 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #1,450 | 160 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #1,657 | 135 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #1,370 | 176 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #2,050 | 96 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #1,819 | 107 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #1,855 | 102 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #1,702 | 112 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #2,046 | 84 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #2,064 | 81 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #2,174 | 73 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #2,258 | 66 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #2,244 | 63 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #1,983 | 72 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #1,881 | 77 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #1,880 | 74 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #1,815 | 80 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #2,105 | 64 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #1,752 | 82 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #1,605 | 93 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #2,096 | 59 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #2,071 | 56 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #1,899 | 60 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #2,003 | 54 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #1,928 | 57 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #1,771 | 61 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #2,156 | 45 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #1,850 | 58 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #1,714 | 66 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #1,904 | 56 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #1,731 | 63 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #1,801 | 56 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #1,729 | 55 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #1,481 | 69 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #1,773 | 49 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #1,877 | 46 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,548 | 52 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,892 | 39 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #1,715 | 45 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #1,627 | 48 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #1,454 | 59 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,561 | 51 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,435 | 56 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #1,379 | 59 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,437 | 54 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #1,175 | 72 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #1,241 | 64 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,299 | 56 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,333 | 52 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,314 | 50 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,161 | 63 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,304 | 49 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #1,461 | 40 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #1,238 | 53 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #1,276 | 46 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,213 | 43 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,188 | 44 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #1,195 | 44 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #1,116 | 41 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #1,039 | 44 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #1,047 | 44 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,123 | 39 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #1,082 | 43 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,314 | 31 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,181 | 40 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,290 | 35 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,423 | 32 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #1,210 | 41 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #1,503 | 31 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #1,611 | 27 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,312 | 35 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 2024 at #841 (321 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2021–2025
- 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%)
- 20.7% of all girls named Elia (1,876) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #937 (1887) | #986 |
| 1890s | 61 | #931 (1897) | #1,179 |
| 1900s | 67 | #1,024 (1902) | #1,583 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,207 (1910) | #1,656 |
| 1920s | 336 | #1,159 (1929) | #1,385 |
| 1930s | 383 | #1,039 (1935) | #1,167 |
| 1940s | 421 | #1,166 (1941) | #1,291 |
| 1950s | 577 | #1,161 (1950) | #1,327 |
| 1960s | 474 | #1,454 (1961) | #1,682 |
| 1970s | 528 | #1,481 (1975) | #1,794 |
| 1980s | 572 | #1,714 (1981) | #1,939 |
| 1990s | 744 | #1,605 (1990) | #1,945 |
| 2000s | 1,126 | #1,370 (2007) | #1,819 |
| 2010s | 1,876 | #1,073 (2019) | #1,296 |
| 2020s | 1,715 | #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 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 9,719 of them was named Elia, which outranked 93.4% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,292Peighton182
- #1,292Tayla182
- #1,292Tyler182
- #1,301Elia181
- #1,301Anita181
- #1,301Cordelia181
- #1,301Elora181
- #1,307Anisa180
- #1,307Ariyana180
- #1,307Remy180
Tied with 5 names at #1,301; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 111,721 of them was named Elia, which outranked 63.8% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,983Yoshua18
- #4,983Zakariah18
- #4,983Zylan18
- #5,200Elia17
- #5,200Aadam17
- #5,200Aahan17
- #5,200Abdalla17
- #5,433Aadil16
- #5,433Aalijah16
- #5,433Abdinasir16
Tied with 232 names at #5,200; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.