Elias

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #13 for boys in 2025, 8,837 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 8,837 births
Debut · boys
65 births
In top 100 · boys
11 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
129,263
since 1880

Elias over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202024boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#138,837
2024#12,1617#257,684
2023#12,1977#367,006
2022#8,03213#436,730
2021#8,97811#486,355
2020#12,1427#545,993
2019#12,4487#605,722
2018#10,5459#675,351
2017—#784,931
2016#14,3316#934,486
2015#10,14810#1004,101
2014#16,5135#1033,784
2013—#1133,498
2012#14,9626#1153,229
2011—#1392,993
2010#11,2469#1412,830
2009—#1582,486
2008#13,8327#1572,522
2007#17,6365#1742,362
2006—#1862,163
2005#16,4625#1882,116
2004#14,1796#2071,760
2003#12,4087#2101,712
2002—#2171,575
2001#11,0208#2281,518
2000#15,0315#2421,403
1999#9,4799#2571,220
1998—#2611,140
1997#9,8028#2721,034
1996#10,5677#291919
1995#13,3865#298889
1994—#319812
1993#13,4425#329771
1992—#342698
1991—#343707
1990—#361666
1989#12,3625#352643
1988#10,3866#369548
1987#8,7787#378510
1986—#415422
1985—#411428
1984—#447350
1983—#411392
1982—#414405
1981—#417396
1980—#422385
1979—#408375
1978#6,9488#412357
1977#9,6525#412366
1976#8,1566#444311
1975#9,0675#455308
1974—#454310
1973—#509233
1972—#495254
1971—#536222
1970—#538226
1969—#552203
1968—#591165
1967—#593161
1966—#579170
1965—#586169
1964—#587182
1963—#578187
1962—#589176
1961—#570190
1960—#601171
1959—#622154
1958—#625151
1957—#641143
1956#5,9525#630146
1955—#620144
1954—#577165
1953—#564160
1952—#544164
1951—#543157
1950—#528163
1949—#560145
1948—#579133
1947—#572140
1946—#638101
1945—#524130
1944—#559118
1943—#607108
1942—#591111
1941—#496138
1940—#582103
1939—#491138
1938—#521124
1937—#550112
1936—#529116
1935—#501130
1934—#513128
1933#4,2185#473141
1932—#475145
1931—#462149
1930#4,5505#451172
1929—#444178
1928—#445181
1927—#449185
1926—#421207
1925—#428193
1924—#457180
1923—#477162
1922—#483162
1921—#505150
1920—#470168
1919—#451168
1918—#502141
1917—#454154
1916—#439163
1915—#520114
1914—#454111
1913—#394117
1912—#38997
1911—#43245
1910—#47434
1909—#48728
1908—#36040
1907—#39632
1906—#54718
1905—#39329
1904—#40926
1903—#47020
1902—#46021
1901—#46617
1900—#47723
1899—#41520
1898—#33932
1897—#38424
1896—#36328
1895—#34029
1894—#29136
1893—#29235
1892—#29838
1891—#34924
1890—#28936
1889—#28136
1888—#37724
1887—#27634
1886—#26441
1885—#20460
1884—#24748
1883—#24044
1882—#21757
1881—#24341
1880—#18965
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elias was already there! It came in at #189, and was given to 65 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1899–1903, when fewer than 24 boys a year got the name.

Where Elias is popular in 2024

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #6 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 76 boysAKMaine: #65 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 219 boysMEVermont: #74 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 190 boysVTNew Hampshire: #81 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 255 boysNHWashington: #21 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 172 boysWAIdaho: #60 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 253 boysIDMontana: #60 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 227 boysMTNorth Dakota: #34 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 165 boysNDMinnesota: #56 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 265 boysMNIllinois: #29 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 209 boysILWisconsin: #61 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 280 boysWIMichigan: #44 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 239 boysMINew York: #41 for boys · 369 births · 1 in 234 boysNYMassachusetts: #32 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 172 boysMARhode Island: #42 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 150 boysRIOregon: #17 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 152 boysORNevada: #10 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 117 boysNVWyoming: #70 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 167 boysWYSouth Dakota: #27 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 154 boysSDIowa: #53 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 255 boysIAIndiana: #23 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 174 boysINOhio: #50 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 257 boysOHPennsylvania: #56 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 256 boysPANew Jersey: #50 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 232 boysNJConnecticut: #30 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 155 boysCTCalifornia: #18 for boys · 1,149 births · 1 in 157 boysCAUtah: #56 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 279 boysUTColorado: #23 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 176 boysCONebraska: #43 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 210 boysNEMissouri: #43 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 227 boysMOKentucky: #42 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 240 boysKYWest Virginia: #40 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 191 boysWVVirginia: #29 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 200 boysVAMaryland: #47 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 233 boysMDDelaware: #29 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 143 boysDEArizona: #11 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 137 boysAZNew Mexico: #10 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 105 boysNMKansas: #33 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 185 boysKSArkansas: #32 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 193 boysARTennessee: #40 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 235 boysTNNorth Carolina: #23 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 190 boysNCSouth Carolina: #29 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 212 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #54 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 175 boysDCOklahoma: #32 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 207 boysOKLouisiana: #55 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 270 boysLAMississippi: #81 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 314 boysMSAlabama: #44 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 248 boysALGeorgia: #35 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 246 boysGAHawaii: #24 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 125 boysHITexas: #8 for boys · 1,153 births · 1 in 155 boysTXFlorida: #27 for boys · 497 births · 1 in 192 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#6 · 1 in 76
  2. Texas#8 · 1 in 155
  3. New Mexico#10 · 1 in 105
  4. Nevada#10 · 1 in 117
  5. Arizona#11 · 1 in 137

Best ever in a state: #6 in Alaska, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#6301 in 76
Texas#81,1531 in 155
Nevada#10961 in 117
New Mexico#10621 in 105
Arizona#112411 in 137
Oregon#17981 in 152
California#181,1491 in 157
Washington#211891 in 172
Colorado#231481 in 176
Indiana#231841 in 174
North Carolina#232691 in 190
Hawaii#24231 in 125
Florida#274971 in 192
South Dakota#27241 in 154
Delaware#29211 in 143
Illinois#292401 in 209
South Carolina#29991 in 212
Virginia#291891 in 200
Connecticut#30861 in 155
Arkansas#32651 in 193
Massachusetts#321571 in 172
Oklahoma#32851 in 207
Kansas#33731 in 185
North Dakota#34201 in 165
Georgia#352081 in 246
Tennessee#401541 in 235
West Virginia#40331 in 191
New York#413691 in 234
Kentucky#42851 in 240
Rhode Island#42211 in 150
Missouri#431211 in 227
Nebraska#43411 in 210
Alabama#44881 in 248
Michigan#441671 in 239
Maryland#471001 in 233
New Jersey#501721 in 232
Ohio#502051 in 257
Iowa#53541 in 255
District of Columbia#54161 in 175
Louisiana#55731 in 270
Minnesota#56911 in 265
Pennsylvania#562041 in 256
Utah#56691 in 279
Idaho#60331 in 253
Montana#60161 in 227
Wisconsin#61841 in 280
Maine#65171 in 219
Wyoming#7071 in 167
Vermont#7461 in 190
Mississippi#81351 in 314
New Hampshire#81171 in 255

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Elias
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#25 → #13)
  • 41 spots since 2020 (#54 → #13)
  • 87 spots since 2015 (#100 → #13)
  • Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1907 (#547 → #396)
  • Biggest drop: 154 spots in 1906 (#393 → #547)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #13 (8,837 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 193
  • Highest: 1 in 193 boys born in 2025 were named Elias (0.52%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 33.0% of all boys named Elias (42,605) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s450#189 (1880)#254
1890s302#289 (1890)#336
1900s254#360 (1908)#447
1910s1,144#389 (1912)#451
1920s1,766#421 (1926)#458
1930s1,355#451 (1930)#497
1940s1,227#496 (1941)#571
1950s1,547#528 (1950)#589
1960s1,774#552 (1969)#583
1970s2,962#408 (1979)#466
1980s4,479#352 (1989)#404
1990s8,856#257 (1999)#307
2000s19,617#157 (2008)#197
2010s40,925#60 (2019)#101
2020s42,605#13 (2025)#37

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elias in 2024

girls
#12,161
7 births · 1 in 231,456 girls
boys
#25
7,684 births · 1 in 224 boys

Top girls' names in 2024

  1. #1Olivia14,772
  2. #2Emma13,524
  3. #3Amelia12,786
  4. #4Charlotte12,597
  5. #5Mia12,149
  6. #6Sophia12,126
  7. #7Isabella10,810
  8. #8Evelyn9,146
  9. #9Ava8,700
  10. #10Sofia8,113
  11. #12,161Elias7

Top boys' names in 2024

  1. #1Liam22,252
  2. #2Noah20,409
  3. #3Oliver15,396
  4. #4Theodore12,069
  5. #5James11,856
  6. #6Henry11,596
  7. #7Mateo11,349
  8. #8Elijah11,238
  9. #9Lucas10,743
  10. #10William10,647
  11. #25Elias7,684
More about 2024

girls

1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 231,456 of them was named Elias, which outranked 31.4% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elias
  1. #11,122Zurianna8
  2. #11,122Zuriella8
  3. #11,122Zylynn8
  4. #12,161Elias7
  5. #12,161Aadhvika7
  6. #12,161Aadhyasri7
  7. #12,161Aagya7
  8. #13,477Aada6
  9. #13,477Aadiya6
  10. #13,477Aalaysia6

Tied with 1,315 names at #12,161; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. ↑ 756Ailany#857 → #101
  2. ↑ 439Aylani#1,001 → #562
  3. ↑ 426Marjorie#1,248 → #822
  4. ↑ 414Scottie#616 → #202
  5. ↑ 365Elodie#737 → #372
Fallers
  1. ↓ 605Emryn#887 → #1,492
  2. ↓ 307Zhuri#862 → #1,169
  3. ↓ 301Layne#974 → #1,275
  4. ↓ 273Alitzel#876 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 267Aleyna#964 → #1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 224 of them was named Elias, which outranked 99.8% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elias
  1. #22Hudson8,015
  2. #23Luca7,991
  3. #24Leo7,823
  4. #25Elias7,684
  5. #26Owen7,599
  6. #27Alexander7,547
  7. #28Dylan7,487
Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,833Truce#10,821 → #988
  2. ↑ 1,201Colsen#1,832 → #631
  3. ↑ 616Bryer#1,485 → #869
  4. ↑ 470Halo#1,458 → #988
  5. ↑ 348Azaiah#1,230 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Khari#827 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 309Karsyn#977 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 256Kye#940 → #1,196
  4. ↓ 225Kole#971 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 224Khai#723 → #947

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2024 →