Boys' name · since 2001
Elius
Elius has 120 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,208 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,021 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Elius is the #8021 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 120 recorded since 2001.
Elius has 120 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8021 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #16,208 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,021 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elius ranks #16,208 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,021 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 120 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,208 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,021 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elius's 120 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elius compares
120 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elius's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elius | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Elius's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elius's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Elius by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Elius's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Elius births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (48% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elius's data
- Elius's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (57 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elius: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elius draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.