Meaning not yet researched.
Elia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 263 in 2025. Its best rank was #841 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #841 in 2024; #970 in 2025. About 87% of babies named Elia in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#970 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #841.
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Elia: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 263 girls in 2025. Peak: #841 in 2024 · most girls in one year: 321 (2024).
In 2025, 263 US girls were named Elia, making it the 970th most common girls’ name of the year, down 129 places from #841 in 2024. That is 58 fewer than the 321 girls named Elia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #841, reached in 2024. That year also had the most girls given the name: 321. For comparison, it was #1,234 in 2015 and #1,166 in 1950.
In 2025, 41 US boys were named Elia, making it the 3,008th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,592 places from #4,600 in 2024. That is 19 more than the 22 boys named Elia in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2,289, reached in 1982. The most boys given the name in a single year was 41, in 2025. For comparison, it was #5,118 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elia in 137 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 5 babies. In all, 10,159 US babies have been given the name, 89% of them girls and 11% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,064 babies named Elia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,594 US girls were named Elia; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 321. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,111 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elia ranked highest in California in 2025, at #558 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lelia (15,645 babies since 1880), Ela (2,846 babies since 1880), Ellia (1,773 babies since 1880) and Eli (154,512 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Eligha, Eleah and Ilea are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English, Italian and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Eligha (348), Eleah (327), Ilea (247), Iliya (240), Eleya (69), Iliah (27), Elyah (26), Ileia (11), Eilya (6), Iolia (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Elia in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 58 | #558 | #811 |
| Kansas | 5 | #606 | — |
| Washington | 10 | #632 | #859 |
| Arizona | 10 | #644 | — |
| Texas | 39 | #768 | #937 |
| Florida | 19 | #834 | #1,205 |
| Indiana | 7 | #845 | — |
| Illinois | 10 | #867 | #1,196 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #918 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #946 | — |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,177 | #1,277 |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,180 | #1,522 |
| New York | 12 | #1,184 | #1,028 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,234 | #1,118 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,270 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 263 | #970 | 41 | #3,008 |
| 2024 | 321 | #841 | 22 | #4,600 |
| 2023 | 308 | #873 | 32 | #3,585 |
| 2022 | 294 | #919 | 35 | #3,356 |
| 2021 | 307 | #885 | 28 | #3,842 |
| 2020 | 222 | #1,101 | 28 | #3,749 |
| 2019 | 235 | #1,073 | 19 | #5,013 |
| 2018 | 216 | #1,133 | 24 | #4,265 |
| 2017 | 233 | #1,089 | 23 | #4,363 |
| 2016 | 195 | #1,252 | 20 | #4,832 |
| 2015 | 200 | #1,234 | 18 | #5,118 |
| 2014 | 177 | #1,334 | 23 | #4,299 |
| 2013 | 154 | #1,451 | 16 | #5,461 |
| 2012 | 138 | #1,577 | 16 | #5,550 |
| 2011 | 181 | #1,303 | 17 | #5,267 |
| 2010 | 147 | #1,522 | 12 | #6,796 |
| 2009 | 160 | #1,455 | 11 | #7,351 |
| 2008 | 135 | #1,658 | 15 | #5,850 |
| 2007 | 176 | #1,377 | 17 | #5,266 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,053 | 19 | #4,738 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,821 | 13 | #5,969 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,858 | 16 | #5,075 |
| 2003 | 112 | #1,702 | 16 | #4,880 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,052 | 17 | #4,561 |
| 2001 | 81 | #2,067 | 20 | #4,012 |
| 2000 | 73 | #2,179 | 13 | #5,375 |
| 1999 | 66 | #2,262 | 8 | #7,364 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,255 | 11 | #5,576 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,990 | 11 | #5,384 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,886 | 13 | #4,686 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,889 | 11 | #5,243 |
| 1994 | 73 | #1,935 | 12 | #4,882 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,820 | 16 | #3,880 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,110 | 9 | #5,780 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,755 | 5 | #8,594 |
| 1990 | 93 | #1,607 | 16 | #3,656 |
| 1989 | 59 | #2,103 | 10 | #4,927 |
| 1988 | 56 | #2,077 | 11 | #4,252 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,903 | 7 | #5,674 |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,010 | 8 | #4,997 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,933 | 12 | #3,656 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,776 | 14 | #3,146 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,165 | 11 | #3,691 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,858 | 22 | #2,289 |
| 1981 | 66 | #1,718 | 13 | #3,276 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,919 | 14 | #3,147 |
| 1979 | 63 | #1,739 | 13 | #3,222 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,867 | 12 | #3,270 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,807 | 13 | #3,084 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,734 | 14 | #2,862 |
| 1975 | 69 | #1,487 | 11 | #3,301 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,634 | 12 | #3,000 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,778 | 9 | #3,527 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,999 | — | — |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,077 | 9 | #3,454 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,885 | 8 | #3,611 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,597 | 10 | #2,924 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,756 | 6 | #3,834 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,891 | — | — |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,553 | 5 | #4,114 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,808 | — | — |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,895 | 6 | #3,741 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,722 | 6 | #3,756 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,633 | 9 | #2,907 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,456 | — | — |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,567 | 5 | #4,196 |
| 1959 | 56 | #1,440 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1958 | 59 | #1,384 | 11 | #2,550 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,497 | — | — |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,440 | 6 | #3,647 |
| 1955 | 72 | #1,175 | 6 | #3,619 |
| 1954 | 64 | #1,241 | — | — |
| 1953 | 56 | #1,303 | — | — |
| 1952 | 52 | #1,341 | — | — |
| 1951 | 50 | #1,319 | — | — |
| 1950 | 63 | #1,166 | — | — |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,308 | 6 | #3,427 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,466 | 5 | #3,831 |
| 1947 | 53 | #1,244 | 7 | #3,169 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,280 | — | — |
| 1945 | 43 | #1,217 | 6 | #3,099 |
| 1944 | 44 | #1,191 | — | — |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,499 | 5 | #3,687 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,195 | — | — |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,169 | — | — |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,380 | — | — |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,272 | 5 | #3,631 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,236 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1937 | 41 | #1,119 | — | — |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,274 | 6 | #3,262 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,042 | 6 | #3,365 |
| 1934 | 44 | #1,052 | — | — |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,125 | 6 | #3,381 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,087 | — | — |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,318 | — | — |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,181 | 8 | #3,103 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,162 | — | — |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,295 | — | — |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,433 | 9 | #2,978 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,424 | 9 | #2,975 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,213 | 5 | #4,393 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,509 | 7 | #3,608 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,361 | 6 | #3,942 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,616 | 6 | #3,981 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,585 | — | — |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,319 | 10 | #2,826 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,708 | 6 | #3,855 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,652 | — | — |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,443 | — | — |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,820 | — | — |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,348 | 5 | #3,996 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,158 | — | — |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,926 | — | — |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,024 | — | — |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,477 | — | — |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,231 | — | — |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,395 | — | — |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,922 | — | — |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,159 | — | — |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,606 | — | — |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,764 | — | — |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,717 | — | — |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,872 | — | — |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,039 | — | — |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,253 | — | — |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,461 | — | — |
| 1897 | 12 | #941 | — | — |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,064 | — | — |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,221 | — | — |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,321 | — | — |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,328 | — | — |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,128 | — | — |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,252 | — | — |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,054 | — | — |
| 1888 | 8 | #978 | — | — |
| 1887 | 7 | #973 | — | — |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,071 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).