Elias Boy
How popular is Elias?
#13 boy name in 2025
8,837 baby boys were named Elias in the US in 2025, making it the 13th most popular boy name. Another 8 girls got the name (#10,913 for girls).
Elias popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #13 for boys (▲ 12 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 8,837 boys, 8 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+115% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #100 in 2015, #54 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (8,837 boys) |
| Highest rank | #13 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elias counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elias family of names ranked #17 for boys in 2025 (#29 the year before), with 9,090 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elias | 8,837 | 97% |
| Elyas | 156 | 2% |
| Eliaz | 36 | 0% |
| Ellias | 23 | 0% |
| Elios | 22 | 0% |
| Elius | 10 | 0% |
| Eliahs | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elias is most popular
Babies named Elias per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 11.7 per 1,000 (139 boys)
- New Mexico: 8.5 per 1,000 (281 boys)
- Hawaii: 7.7 per 1,000 (120 boys)
- Nevada: 7.7 per 1,000 (440 boys)
- Arizona: 7.2 per 1,000 (1,172 boys)
Elias by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 450 | #189 |
| 1890s | 302 | #289 |
| 1900s | 254 | #360 |
| 1910s | 1,144 | #389 |
| 1920s | 1,766 | #421 |
| 1930s | 1,355 | #451 |
| 1940s | 1,227 | #496 |
| 1950s | 1,547 | #527 |
| 1960s | 1,774 | #552 |
| 1970s | 2,962 | #408 |
| 1980s | 4,479 | #352 |
| 1990s | 8,856 | #257 |
| 2000s | 19,617 | #157 |
| 2010s | 40,925 | #60 |
| 2020s | 42,605 | #13 |
Boy names about as popular as Elias
Questions
- Is Elias a boy or girl name?
- Elias is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elias were boys.
- How popular is the name Elias?
- 8,837 baby boys were named Elias in the US in 2025, making it the 13th most popular boy name. Another 8 girls got the name (#10,913 for girls).
- When was Elias most popular?
- Elias peaked in 2025, when 8,837 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #13 in 2025.
- How many people are named Elias?
- 129,502 babies have been named Elias in the US since 1880. We estimate about 121,610 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Elias most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elias was most common in Alaska, at 11.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.