Elia
Elia is given to both girls and boys: 263 girls and 41 boys were given it in 2025 (#970 among girls’ names and #3,007 among boys’, #1,670 among all names counting both); 10,159 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,580 Americans named Elia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 8 and 42.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elia mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Elia is “a female given name, masculine equivalent Elio”
Also “a male given name, equivalent to English Elias”
Inherited from Latin Ēliās, with Greek accentation.
/eˈli.a/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elia?
#970 among girls’ names, 2025
Elia rose from #1,234 in 2015 to #970 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.11 to 0.16 per 1,000.
343 babies in 2024, the peak
Elia peaked in 2024, when 343 babies were given it (321 girls, #841 among girls’ names). The 304 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 89% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 263 | #970 | 41 | #3,007 |
| 2024 | 321 | #841 | 22 | #4,596 |
| 2023 | 308 | #873 | 32 | #3,583 |
| 2022 | 294 | #919 | 35 | #3,354 |
| 2021 | 307 | #885 | 28 | #3,838 |
| 2020 | 222 | #1,101 | 28 | #3,746 |
| 2019 | 235 | #1,073 | 19 | #5,009 |
| 2018 | 216 | #1,133 | 24 | #4,261 |
| 2017 | 233 | #1,089 | 23 | #4,359 |
| 2016 | 195 | #1,252 | 20 | #4,830 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 200 | #1,234 | 18 | #5,115 |
| 2014 | 177 | #1,334 | 23 | #4,296 |
| 2013 | 154 | #1,451 | 16 | #5,457 |
| 2012 | 138 | #1,577 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 2011 | 181 | #1,303 | 17 | #5,263 |
| 2010 | 147 | #1,522 | 12 | #6,790 |
| 2009 | 160 | #1,455 | 11 | #7,346 |
| 2008 | 135 | #1,658 | 15 | #5,845 |
| 2007 | 176 | #1,377 | 17 | #5,263 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,053 | 19 | #4,734 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,820 | 13 | #5,963 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,857 | 16 | #5,070 |
| 2003 | 112 | #1,701 | 16 | #4,875 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,049 | 17 | #4,555 |
| 2001 | 81 | #2,063 | 20 | #4,006 |
| 2000 | 73 | #2,175 | 13 | #5,367 |
| 1999 | 66 | #2,259 | 8 | #7,357 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,252 | 11 | #5,569 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,987 | 11 | #5,378 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,884 | 13 | #4,679 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,884 | 11 | #5,237 |
| 1994 | 73 | #1,930 | 12 | #4,876 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,816 | 16 | #3,874 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,105 | 9 | #5,773 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,749 | 5 | #8,587 |
| 1990 | 93 | #1,603 | 16 | #3,650 |
| 1989 | 59 | #2,098 | 10 | #4,920 |
| 1988 | 56 | #2,072 | 11 | #4,247 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,902 | 7 | #5,667 |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,009 | 8 | #4,992 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,932 | 12 | #3,653 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,776 | 14 | #3,144 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,164 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,858 | 22 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 66 | #1,718 | 13 | #3,274 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,919 | 14 | #3,146 |
| 1979 | 63 | #1,739 | 13 | #3,221 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,867 | 12 | #3,269 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,807 | 13 | #3,083 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,734 | 14 | #2,861 |
| 1975 | 69 | #1,487 | 11 | #3,299 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,634 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,778 | 9 | #3,525 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,999 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,077 | 9 | #3,452 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,885 | 8 | #3,609 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,597 | 10 | #2,923 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,756 | 6 | #3,833 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,891 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,553 | 5 | #4,113 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,808 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,894 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,721 | 6 | #3,755 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,632 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,455 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,566 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1959 | 56 | #1,439 | 10 | #2,703 |
| 1958 | 59 | #1,383 | 11 | #2,549 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,496 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,439 | 6 | #3,646 |
| 1955 | 72 | #1,174 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1954 | 64 | #1,240 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 56 | #1,302 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 52 | #1,340 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 50 | #1,318 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 63 | #1,165 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,307 | 6 | #3,426 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,465 | 5 | #3,829 |
| 1947 | 53 | #1,243 | 7 | #3,168 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,279 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 43 | #1,216 | 6 | #3,098 |
| 1944 | 44 | #1,190 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,498 | 5 | #3,686 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,195 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,169 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,380 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,272 | 5 | #3,630 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,236 | 6 | #3,274 |
| 1937 | 41 | #1,119 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,274 | 6 | #3,261 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,042 | 6 | #3,365 |
| 1934 | 44 | #1,052 | under 5 | |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,125 | 6 | #3,380 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,087 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,318 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,181 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,162 | under 5 | |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,294 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,432 | 9 | #2,977 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,423 | 9 | #2,973 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,213 | 5 | #4,391 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,509 | 7 | #3,607 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,361 | 6 | #3,939 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,616 | 6 | #3,979 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,585 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,319 | 10 | #2,825 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,708 | 6 | #3,854 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,652 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,443 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,820 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,348 | 5 | #3,994 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,158 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,926 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,023 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,477 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,231 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,395 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,922 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,158 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,606 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,763 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,716 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,871 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,039 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,252 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,460 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 12 | #941 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,064 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,221 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,321 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,328 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,128 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,251 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,053 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 8 | #978 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 7 | #973 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,071 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Elia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,159 Americans recorded as Elia, 89% are girls and 11% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Elia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elia, and how old are they?
8,580 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 10,159 Americans ever recorded as Elia. The median Elia alive today is 19 years old; half are between 8 and 42.
The 2020 Census counted 18,430 people named Elia (17,148 women and girls, 1,282 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,018 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Elia rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 215 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 834 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 881 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,210 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,430 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elia born?
The states with the most babies named Elia are California, Texas and Florida, with 58% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 64 | #558 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 39 | #768 | 2.8× |
| Florida | 19 | #834 | 0.6× |
| New York | 12 | #1,184 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 10 | #867 | 0.5× |
| Arizona | 10 | #644 | 0.8× |
| Washington | 10 | #632 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,179 | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,177 | 0.2× |
| Tennessee | 7 | #918 | 0.2× |
Where Elia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elia is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 546,207 babies since 1880, Elia is the fifth most given (1.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 304 of their 13,304 babies (2.3%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elia and names like it
- Compare Elia and EllaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sElia peaked in 2024.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elia since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Elia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Elia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Elia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.