Elie
Elie is given to both girls and boys: 10 girls and 32 boys were given it in 2025 (#9,630 among girls’ names and #3,534 among boys’, #6,334 among all names counting both); 3,405 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,290 Americans named Elie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (67% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 12 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Elie is “a male given name from Hebrew.”
Variously a form of Elijah used in Romanian, French, and some other languages, or short for names like Eliezer.
/ˈɛli/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elie?
#3,534 among boys’ names, 2025
Elie fell from #3,254 in 2015 to #3,534 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 18.3 to 18.7 per million.
75 babies in 2009, the peak
Elie peaked in 2009, when 75 babies were given it (56 boys, #2,329 among boys’ names). The 42 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 56% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,630 | 32 | #3,534 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,532 | 37 | #3,233 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,355 | 38 | #3,190 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,794 | 41 | #3,019 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,361 | 26 | #4,042 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,661 | 32 | #3,441 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,851 | 27 | #3,919 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,764 | 35 | #3,257 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,957 | 37 | #3,141 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,353 | 38 | #3,078 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | #5,519 | 35 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,178 | 45 | #2,675 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,314 | 51 | #2,434 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,911 | 43 | #2,785 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,648 | 50 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,451 | 46 | #2,650 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,888 | 56 | #2,329 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,232 | 47 | #2,641 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,634 | 45 | #2,694 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,979 | 45 | #2,630 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,054 | 26 | #3,643 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,177 | 48 | #2,353 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,700 | 37 | #2,686 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,601 | 28 | #3,204 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,441 | 30 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | under 5 | 45 | #2,200 | |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,634 | 38 | #2,362 |
| 1998 | under 5 | 36 | #2,406 | |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,185 | 27 | #2,843 |
| 1996 | under 5 | 20 | #3,443 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 32 | #2,410 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 16 | #3,969 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 31 | #2,411 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 29 | #2,476 | |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,605 | 33 | #2,194 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 30 | #2,324 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 33 | #2,111 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 35 | #1,886 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 24 | #2,349 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 24 | #2,311 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 31 | #1,878 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 24 | #2,188 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 20 | #2,436 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 20 | #2,454 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 25 | #2,101 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 22 | #2,300 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 20 | #2,405 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 18 | #2,504 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 15 | #2,820 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 9 | #3,804 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 18 | #2,389 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 11 | #3,191 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 18 | #2,251 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 19 | #2,102 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 9 | #3,453 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 5 | #4,922 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 10 | #2,924 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 6 | #3,834 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 8 | #3,067 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 7 | #3,319 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 6 | #3,647 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 6 | #3,741 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 10 | #2,728 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 13 | #2,304 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 19 | #1,898 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 5 | #4,196 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 18 | #1,929 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 11 | #2,550 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 15 | #2,117 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 14 | #2,196 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 16 | #1,991 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 14 | #2,141 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 16 | #1,985 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 17 | #1,879 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 12 | #2,282 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 12 | #2,244 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 14 | #2,053 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 9 | #2,662 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 17 | #1,870 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 9 | #2,581 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 11 | #2,162 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 10 | #2,354 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 11 | #2,314 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 17 | #1,753 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 16 | #1,780 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 14 | #1,928 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 19 | #1,544 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 17 | #1,707 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 12 | #2,119 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 19 | #1,558 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 18 | #1,676 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 18 | #1,678 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 19 | #1,606 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 20 | #1,603 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 17 | #1,793 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 23 | #1,543 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 26 | #1,420 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 31 | #1,301 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 35 | #1,234 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 20 | #1,746 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 31 | #1,310 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 34 | #1,253 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 30 | #1,334 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 24 | #1,555 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 28 | #1,424 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 25 | #1,518 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 34 | #1,214 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 28 | #1,353 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 25 | #1,408 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 33 | #1,142 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 25 | #1,349 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 22 | #1,277 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 17 | #1,273 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 19 | #1,070 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 14 | #902 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 9 | #1,139 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 9 | #1,042 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 12 | #793 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 7 | #1,127 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 8 | #953 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 11 | #757 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 10 | #747 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 6 | #1,045 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 10 | #694 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 19 | #561 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 5 | #1,176 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 7 | #872 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 11 | #686 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 10 | #706 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 10 | #685 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 12 | #583 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 5 | #1,115 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 5 | #1,012 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 8 | #766 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 6 | #908 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 9 | #716 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 7 | #770 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 14 | #495 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 7 | #784 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 7 | #795 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 13 | #500 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 8 | #719 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 7 | #728 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 5 | #949 |
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 Elie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,405 Americans recorded as Elie, 11% are girls and 89% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Elie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elie, and how old are they?
2,290 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 67% of the 3,405 Americans ever recorded as Elie. The median Elie alive today is 22 years old; half are between 12 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 4,034 people named Elie (633 women and girls, 3,401 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,115 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 51 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 162 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 180 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 413 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 832 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 655 |
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 Elie born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 6 | #1,623 | 1.2× |
| California | 6 | #2,271 | 0.5× |
Where Elie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elie is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 2.1 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 boys’ 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 Elie 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 180,025 babies since 1880, Elie is the fifth most given (1.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 42 of their 4,519 babies (<1%), again the fifth most given.
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 Elie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Monroe | 24,360 |
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 Elie and names like it
- Compare Elie and EliBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sElie peaked in 2009.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elie since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Elie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2009The year the most babies were named Elie.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Elie alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with EMost given first.