Elias
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #13 for boys in 2025, 8,837 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 8,837 births
- Debut · boys
- 65 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 11 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 129,263since 1880
Elias over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | #10,917 | 8 | #13 | 8,837 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #25 | 7,684 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #36 | 7,006 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #43 | 6,730 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #48 | 6,355 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #54 | 5,993 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #60 | 5,722 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #67 | 5,351 |
| 2017 | — | #78 | 4,931 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #93 | 4,486 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #100 | 4,101 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #103 | 3,784 |
| 2013 | — | #113 | 3,498 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #115 | 3,229 |
| 2011 | — | #139 | 2,993 | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #141 | 2,830 |
| 2009 | — | #158 | 2,486 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #157 | 2,522 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #174 | 2,362 |
| 2006 | — | #186 | 2,163 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #188 | 2,116 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #207 | 1,760 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #210 | 1,712 |
| 2002 | — | #217 | 1,575 | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #228 | 1,518 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #242 | 1,403 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #257 | 1,220 |
| 1998 | — | #261 | 1,140 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #272 | 1,034 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #291 | 919 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #298 | 889 |
| 1994 | — | #319 | 812 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #329 | 771 |
| 1992 | — | #342 | 698 | |
| 1991 | — | #343 | 707 | |
| 1990 | — | #361 | 666 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #352 | 643 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #369 | 548 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #378 | 510 |
| 1986 | — | #415 | 422 | |
| 1985 | — | #411 | 428 | |
| 1984 | — | #447 | 350 | |
| 1983 | — | #411 | 392 | |
| 1982 | — | #414 | 405 | |
| 1981 | — | #417 | 396 | |
| 1980 | — | #422 | 385 | |
| 1979 | — | #408 | 375 | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #412 | 357 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #412 | 366 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #444 | 311 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #455 | 308 |
| 1974 | — | #454 | 310 | |
| 1973 | — | #509 | 233 | |
| 1972 | — | #495 | 254 | |
| 1971 | — | #536 | 222 | |
| 1970 | — | #538 | 226 | |
| 1969 | — | #552 | 203 | |
| 1968 | — | #591 | 165 | |
| 1967 | — | #593 | 161 | |
| 1966 | — | #579 | 170 | |
| 1965 | — | #586 | 169 | |
| 1964 | — | #587 | 182 | |
| 1963 | — | #578 | 187 | |
| 1962 | — | #589 | 176 | |
| 1961 | — | #570 | 190 | |
| 1960 | — | #601 | 171 | |
| 1959 | — | #622 | 154 | |
| 1958 | — | #625 | 151 | |
| 1957 | — | #641 | 143 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #630 | 146 |
| 1955 | — | #620 | 144 | |
| 1954 | — | #577 | 165 | |
| 1953 | — | #564 | 160 | |
| 1952 | — | #544 | 164 | |
| 1951 | — | #543 | 157 | |
| 1950 | — | #528 | 163 | |
| 1949 | — | #560 | 145 | |
| 1948 | — | #579 | 133 | |
| 1947 | — | #572 | 140 | |
| 1946 | — | #638 | 101 | |
| 1945 | — | #524 | 130 | |
| 1944 | — | #559 | 118 | |
| 1943 | — | #607 | 108 | |
| 1942 | — | #591 | 111 | |
| 1941 | — | #496 | 138 | |
| 1940 | — | #582 | 103 | |
| 1939 | — | #491 | 138 | |
| 1938 | — | #521 | 124 | |
| 1937 | — | #550 | 112 | |
| 1936 | — | #529 | 116 | |
| 1935 | — | #501 | 130 | |
| 1934 | — | #513 | 128 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #473 | 141 |
| 1932 | — | #475 | 145 | |
| 1931 | — | #462 | 149 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #451 | 172 |
| 1929 | — | #444 | 178 | |
| 1928 | — | #445 | 181 | |
| 1927 | — | #449 | 185 | |
| 1926 | — | #421 | 207 | |
| 1925 | — | #428 | 193 | |
| 1924 | — | #457 | 180 | |
| 1923 | — | #477 | 162 | |
| 1922 | — | #483 | 162 | |
| 1921 | — | #505 | 150 | |
| 1920 | — | #470 | 168 | |
| 1919 | — | #451 | 168 | |
| 1918 | — | #502 | 141 | |
| 1917 | — | #454 | 154 | |
| 1916 | — | #439 | 163 | |
| 1915 | — | #520 | 114 | |
| 1914 | — | #454 | 111 | |
| 1913 | — | #394 | 117 | |
| 1912 | — | #389 | 97 | |
| 1911 | — | #432 | 45 | |
| 1910 | — | #474 | 34 | |
| 1909 | — | #487 | 28 | |
| 1908 | — | #360 | 40 | |
| 1907 | — | #396 | 32 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #393 | 29 | |
| 1904 | — | #409 | 26 | |
| 1903 | — | #470 | 20 | |
| 1902 | — | #460 | 21 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #477 | 23 | |
| 1899 | — | #415 | 20 | |
| 1898 | — | #339 | 32 | |
| 1897 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1896 | — | #363 | 28 | |
| 1895 | — | #340 | 29 | |
| 1894 | — | #291 | 36 | |
| 1893 | — | #292 | 35 | |
| 1892 | — | #298 | 38 | |
| 1891 | — | #349 | 24 | |
| 1890 | — | #289 | 36 | |
| 1889 | — | #281 | 36 | |
| 1888 | — | #377 | 24 | |
| 1887 | — | #276 | 34 | |
| 1886 | — | #264 | 41 | |
| 1885 | — | #204 | 60 | |
| 1884 | — | #247 | 48 | |
| 1883 | — | #240 | 44 | |
| 1882 | — | #217 | 57 | |
| 1881 | — | #243 | 41 | |
| 1880 | — | #189 | 65 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elias was already there! It came in at #189, and was given to 65 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1903, when fewer than 24 boys a year got the name.
See more about Elias
- 12 spots since 2024 (#25 → #13)
- 41 spots since 2020 (#54 → #13)
- 87 spots since 2015 (#100 → #13)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1907 (#547 → #396)
- Biggest drop: 154 spots in 1906 (#393 → #547)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #13 (8,837 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 193 boys born in 2025 were named Elias (0.52%)
- 33.0% of all boys named Elias (42,605) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 450 | #189 (1880) | #254 |
| 1890s | 302 | #289 (1890) | #336 |
| 1900s | 254 | #360 (1908) | #447 |
| 1910s | 1,144 | #389 (1912) | #451 |
| 1920s | 1,766 | #421 (1926) | #458 |
| 1930s | 1,355 | #451 (1930) | #497 |
| 1940s | 1,227 | #496 (1941) | #571 |
| 1950s | 1,547 | #528 (1950) | #589 |
| 1960s | 1,774 | #552 (1969) | #583 |
| 1970s | 2,962 | #408 (1979) | #466 |
| 1980s | 4,479 | #352 (1989) | #404 |
| 1990s | 8,856 | #257 (1999) | #307 |
| 2000s | 19,617 | #157 (2008) | #197 |
| 2010s | 40,925 | #60 (2019) | #101 |
| 2020s | 42,605 | #13 (2025) | #37 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elias in 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 244,183 of them was named Elias, which outranked 25.3% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 5,045 of them was named Elias, which outranked 93.2% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.