Elias
Boy nameElias has been given to 129,502 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2025 and currently ranks #13 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ɪˈlaɪ̯.əs/
The New Testament form of Elijah, a Hebrew prophet, from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías)API.
Origin: Hebrew
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
129,502
Peak year
2025 (8,845 babies)
Rank in 2025
#13 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +115%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Elias
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)
Nizami Ganjavi
Persian poet
Michel Temer
24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019
Elia Kazan
American director and actor (1909–2003)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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