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Elie

#3,534 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Yahweh is my god, through Elijah

Elie has been given to 3,405 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #3,534 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 56 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Elie, 2025

1 in 104,000

Elie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Elie over time

In 2025, Elie went to 24% girls and 76% boys.

18802025

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.

Elie: meaning, origin, and history

Yahweh is my god, through Elijah

Hebrew

What Elie means

Elie belongs to the name family reached through Elie → Elijah. Its meaning is “Yahweh is my god”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Variously a form of Elijah used in Romanian, French, and some other languages, or short for names like Eliezer.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Elie (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Elie is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elijah.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Elie is pronounced /ˈɛli/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,015 boys were recorded with the name Elie between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 56 in 2009; its best national rank was #495 in 1886.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,441 in 2020 to #3,534 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,254 in 2015 to #3,534 in 2025.

In the United States, 390 girls were recorded with the name Elie between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2015; its best national rank was #5,519 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,661 in 2020 to #9,630 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,519 in 2015 to #9,630 in 2025.

How common is Elie?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 104,000
32 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 53,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,534
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
71,810 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Elie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 71,810 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elie was born before 1982 — so the typical Elie is around 43 today.

Median birth year
1982
About 43 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
13.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
32.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,947
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2000s — 13.5% of all recorded uses (407).

Is Elie 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
−301
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−93
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−280
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.91×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
57.1%
Peak was 2009 (56)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#495
1886

Spellings of Elie

Elie is not the most common spelling — Eric is, with 34.6% against Elie'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 Elie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Elie was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 95,108 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 25,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 50,000
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 50,000
  4. 4New York1 in 50,000
  5. 5California1 in 100,000
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in 100,000
  7. 7Alabama1 in —
  8. 8Georgia1 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. Elie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Elie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Elie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,455,707 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

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. Elie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Elie around the world

Where Elie 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
    1996–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • France
    1900–2025
    #249
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #575
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1959–2005
    #643
    in 2005

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

Notable people named Elie

People whose public names include Elie, 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.

Elie in other languages

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

EliIlieIlyaEliasIliasIlijaIlliaEliaszEliesEliášIllés

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

Elie by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,534
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 93
Best rank ever
#495
1886
Peak year
2009
56 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,015
Count in 2025
32

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,630
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,969
Best rank ever
#5,519
2015
Peak year
2015
24 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
390
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Elie

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

ElioEliaEliamElielEliudElihuElijaEliahEliotEliuElighEliottEliabEligioElimElisElianEliyahuElierEliazEliazarWylieArlieEliyah

Names with a curve like Elie

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

HeberAmonPascalPriceZebSampsonCollinsAngusHamiltonHadleyJhonBaxter

Sibling names for Elie

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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