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Elia

#970 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Yahweh is my god

Elia has been given to 10,159 babies in the U.S. since 1884. In 2025 it ranked #970 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 321 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% girls, 11% boys all-time.

Babies named Elia, 2025

1 in 12,600

Elia over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Elia over time

In 2025, Elia went to 87% girls and 13% boys.

18842025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Elia: meaning, origin, and history

Yahweh is my god

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Elia means

Elia means “Yahweh is my god”, associated with 'Eliyáhu.

Origin, language, and formation

Elia is used in Faroese, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elias and Elio.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Elia is pronounced /ˈeliɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,084 girls were recorded with the name Elia between 1884 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 321 in 2024; its best national rank was #841 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,101 in 2020 to #970 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,234 in 2015 to #970 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,075 boys were recorded with the name Elia between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 41 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,288 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,746 in 2020 to #3,007 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,115 in 2015 to #3,007 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Elia?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,600
263 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 6,110
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#970
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,738 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Elia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,738 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elia was born before 2002 — so the typical Elia is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
20.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
51.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
7,612
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2010s — 20.7% of all recorded uses (1,876).

Is Elia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−129
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+131
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+264
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.31×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
81.9%
Peak was 2024 (321)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#841
2024

Spellings of Elia

Elia is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 12.4% against Elia's 0.12%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Elia is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Elia was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 3,333 girls, against 1 in 5,773 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 50,000).

230 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 3,333
  2. 2Arizona1 in 3,448
  3. 3Washington1 in 4,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 4,167
  5. 5Florida1 in 5,263
  6. 6New Jersey1 in 5,556
  7. 7New York1 in 5,556
  8. 8Colorado1 in 5,882

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Elia is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 58% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Elia is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Elia was most concentrated in Alaska — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 579,333 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alaska1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Elia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Elia around the world

Where Elia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #894
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2018–2024
    #790
    in 2024
  • Northern Ireland
    2019–2024
    #288
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2010–2024
    #736
    in 2024
  • France
    1900–2025
    #235
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1998–2024
    #555
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1956–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Elia

People whose public names include Elia, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Elia in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Elia. Linked forms have their own page here.

EleaIliaElijaIlijaIlyasLeliaEliaszÉlieEljasIllésİlyasHelias

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Elia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#970
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 131
Best rank ever
#841
2024
Peak year
2024
321 that year
First recorded
1884
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,084
Count in 2025
263

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,007
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 739
Best rank ever
#2,288
1982
Peak year
2025
41 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,075
Count in 2025
41

Names similar to Elia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ElinElidaElinaAliaElifElishaElissaEliciaElinorElisaKaliaDaliaLiliaMeliaLeliaEliannaOfeliaElizaEliseNoeliaAnaliaEliElisiaEliya

Names with a curve like Elia

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Elia, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MercyAmaliaDaniEvelinaArletteVioletaIvoryPerrySeleneJosephinaMarenRivka

Sibling names for Elia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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