Elyas Boy
How popular is Elyas?
#1,263 boy name in 2025
156 baby boys were named Elyas in the US in 2025, making it the 1263rd most popular boy name.
Elyas popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,263 for boys (▼ 39 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 156 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+174% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,299 in 2015, #1,451 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (164 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,224 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1988 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elyas 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 Elyas is most popular
Babies named Elyas per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.2 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 boys)
Elyas by decade
Boy names about as popular as Elyas
Questions
- Is Elyas a boy or girl name?
- Elyas is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elyas were boys.
- How popular is the name Elyas?
- 156 baby boys were named Elyas in the US in 2025, making it the 1263rd most popular boy name.
- When was Elyas most popular?
- Elyas peaked in 2024, when 164 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,224 in 2024.
- How many people are named Elyas?
- 2,084 babies have been named Elyas in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,069 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Elyas most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elyas was most common in Michigan, at 0.2 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.