Elie

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
Given to boys 88.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1886 · 14 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,015
since 1880

Elie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #5,458, 2015peak #491, 1886girlsboys
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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#9,45710#3,51332
2024#12,1617#3,21637
2023#7,24715#3,17738
2022#6,70717#3,00341
2021#7,25015#4,01126
2020#7,55914#3,41832
2019#7,71614#3,89927
2018#8,61712#3,24035
2017#11,6158#3,12337
2016#7,23016#3,05938
2015#5,45824#3,23135
2014#8,05314#2,66145
2013#6,25520#2,42451
2012#9,71111#2,77243
2011#6,56419#2,47850
2010#6,38220#2,63246
2009#6,81119#2,32056
2008#8,10915#2,63247
2007#6,55220#2,68445
2006#5,90622#2,62145
2005#8,88312#3,61526
2004#7,07716#2,34448
2003#7,58014#2,67437
2002#12,1877#3,18828
2001#12,0567#2,98830
2000#2,19645
1999#10,3458#2,34738
1998#2,39436
1997#10,8367#2,82327
1996#3,40620
1995#2,40032
1994#3,91116
1993#2,39931
1992#2,46729
1991#10,2717#2,19033
1990#2,30830
1989#2,10633
1988#1,87935
1987#2,33324
1986#2,29024
1985#1,86631
1984#2,15924
1983#2,40820
1982#2,42620
1981#2,08625
1980#2,28422
1979#2,37920
1978#2,47318
1977#2,79115
1976#3,7249
1975#2,36118
1974#3,12011
1973#2,21618
1972#2,08019
1971#3,3709
1970#4,7245
1969#2,86110
1968#3,6736
1967#2,9858
1966#3,2497
1965#3,5376
1964#3,6016
1963#2,67310
1962#2,27913
1961#1,87619
1960#4,0385
1959#1,91618
1958#2,50611
1957#2,09315
1956#2,16814
1955#1,97916
1954#2,11414
1953#1,95816
1952#1,85617
1951#2,24612
1950#2,20712
1949#2,02214
1948#2,6089
1947#1,85017
1946#2,5349
1945#2,13111
1944#2,30910
1943#2,27711
1942#1,73017
1941#1,75916
1940#1,89414
1939#1,53219
1938#1,68917
1937#2,08812
1936#1,54019
1935#1,65618
1934#1,65818
1933#1,58619
1932#1,58420
1931#1,77017
1930#1,53323
1929#1,41326
1928#1,29331
1927#1,22735
1926#1,72020
1925#1,30431
1924#1,24634
1923#1,32230
1922#1,54524
1921#1,41228
1920#1,50525
1919#1,20734
1918#1,34328
1917#1,39625
1916#1,13833
1915#1,34225
1914#1,26022
1913#1,25617
1912#1,05919
1911#89614
1910#1,1189
1909#1,0209
1908#77912
1907#1,0947
1906#9278
1905#74111
1904
1903#73410
1902#1,0136
1901#68310
1900#55519
1899
1898#1,1215
1897#8527
1896#67411
1895#68510
1894#66810
1893#57212
1892#1,0665
1891#9635
1890#7398
1889#8786
1888#7049
1887#7527
1886#49114
1885#7657
1884#7647
1883#49713
1882#6918
1881#7067
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elie was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1898–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Elie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 297 spots since 2024 (#3,216#3,513)
  • 95 spots since 2020 (#3,418#3,513)
  • 282 spots since 2015 (#3,231#3,513)
  • Biggest jump: 494 spots in 1893 (#1,066#572)
  • Biggest drop: 330 spots in 1902 (#683#1,013)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #491 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1880–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,913
  • Highest: 1 in 7,913 boys born in 1886 were named Elie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 13.5% of all boys named Elie (407) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s83#491 (1886)#716
1890s73#572 (1893)#816
1900s92#555 (1900)#838
1910s226#896 (1911)#1,202
1920s284#1,227 (1927)#1,399
1930s182#1,532 (1939)#1,664
1940s128#1,730 (1942)#2,111
1950s145#1,856 (1952)#2,104
1960s90#1,876 (1961)#3,077
1970s142#2,080 (1972)#2,924
1980s258#1,866 (1985)#2,184
1990s292#2,190 (1991)#2,665
2000s407#2,196 (2000)#2,726
2010s407#2,424 (2013)#2,952
2020s206#3,003 (2022)#3,390

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.

Elie in 1883

boys
#497
13 births · 1 in 8,048 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #497Elie13
More about 1883

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 8,048 of them was named Elie, which outranked 51.7% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elie
  1. #479Ulysses14
  2. #479Walton14
  3. #479Watson14
  4. #497Elie13
  5. #497Alford13
  6. #497Aloysius13
  7. #497Blaine13
  8. #527Abel12
  9. #527Alden12
  10. #527Allison12

Tied with 29 names at #497; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. 416Sumner#943#527
  2. 377Alf#837#460
  3. 358Arlie#837#479
  4. 358Everette#837#479
  5. 346Ocie#943#597
Fallers
  1. 429Morton#370#799
  2. 423Saul#469#892
  3. 403Pierce#489#892
  4. 378Bryant#514#892
  5. 352Buck#540#892

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

See the top 100 for 1883