Meaning not yet researched.
Elias: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8,837 in 2025. Its best rank was #13 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99.9% of babies named Elias in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#13 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Elias: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8,837 boys in 2025. Peak: #13 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 8,837 (2025).
In 2025, 8,837 US boys were named Elias, making it the 13th most common boys’ name of the year, up 12 places from #25 in 2024. That is 1,153 more than the 7,684 boys named Elias in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #13, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 8,837. For comparison, it was #100 in 2015 and #529 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elias in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 65 babies with the name. In all, 129,502 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 42,658 babies named Elias.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 63,095 US boys were named Elias; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 8,837. In 2025 that was about 1 in 193 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elias ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #6 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 50 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Elijah (381,915 babies since 1880), Elie (3,405 babies since 1880), Ilya (1,226 babies since 1880) and Elise (75,252 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ilias, Elis and Eulis are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Eli, Lee and Lias.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ilias (1,019), Elis (606), Eulis (597), Eulas (517), Eliaz (507), Ellias (475), Elize (455), Eliyas (446), Eliz (329), Eilis (260), Illias (126), Elius (120), and more.
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 294 | #6 | #61 |
| Alaska | 33 | #7 | #45 |
| Texas | 1,321 | #8 | #86 |
| Nevada | 102 | #8 | #106 |
| California | 1,342 | #8 | #72 |
| New Mexico | 66 | #8 | #48 |
| Colorado | 193 | #10 | #49 |
| North Carolina | 329 | #14 | #106 |
| North Dakota | 30 | #14 | #136 |
| Kansas | 93 | #15 | #128 |
| Oklahoma | 117 | #15 | #144 |
| Florida | 592 | #16 | #95 |
| Washington | 209 | #17 | #80 |
| Illinois | 293 | #19 | #103 |
| Georgia | 257 | #20 | #152 |
| Oregon | 98 | #21 | #92 |
| Wyoming | 13 | #21 | #73 |
| Nebraska | 57 | #21 | #140 |
| Indiana | 176 | #23 | #106 |
| Hawaii | 24 | #24 | #54 |
| Virginia | 200 | #25 | #104 |
| Delaware | 23 | #26 | #111 |
| Tennessee | 193 | #26 | #136 |
| Rhode Island | 24 | #28 | #128 |
| Alabama | 110 | #28 | #180 |
| Louisiana | 93 | #29 | #234 |
| New York | 406 | #29 | #108 |
| West Virginia | 40 | #29 | #119 |
| South Dakota | 25 | #31 | #125 |
| New Jersey | 200 | #32 | #125 |
| Arkansas | 63 | #33 | #188 |
| South Carolina | 102 | #34 | #117 |
| Massachusetts | 143 | #35 | #111 |
| Maryland | 116 | #36 | #119 |
| Connecticut | 73 | #38 | #101 |
| Idaho | 47 | #38 | #61 |
| Kentucky | 96 | #39 | #175 |
| Missouri | 134 | #39 | #148 |
| Ohio | 235 | #39 | #162 |
| Iowa | 63 | #42 | #123 |
| Pennsylvania | 245 | #43 | #126 |
| Minnesota | 106 | #44 | #122 |
| Utah | 88 | #45 | #98 |
| Mississippi | 46 | #45 | #211 |
| Montana | 22 | #45 | #100 |
| Michigan | 165 | #47 | #145 |
| Wisconsin | 90 | #54 | #121 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | #67 | #118 |
| Maine | 14 | #94 | #107 |
| District of Columbia | 9 | #100 | #128 |
| Vermont | 5 | #110 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,211 | 8,837 | #13 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,536 | 7,684 | #25 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,512 | 7,006 | #36 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,165 | 6,730 | #43 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,146 | 6,355 | #48 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,517 | 5,993 | #54 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,835 | 5,722 | #60 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,810 | 5,351 | #67 |
| 2017 | — | — | 4,931 | #78 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,865 | 4,486 | #93 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,347 | 4,101 | #100 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,309 | 3,784 | #103 |
| 2013 | — | — | 3,498 | #113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,514 | 3,229 | #115 |
| 2011 | — | — | 2,993 | #139 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,542 | 2,830 | #141 |
| 2009 | — | — | 2,486 | #158 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,280 | 2,522 | #157 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,457 | 2,362 | #174 |
| 2006 | — | — | 2,163 | #186 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,266 | 2,116 | #188 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,682 | 1,760 | #207 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,805 | 1,712 | #210 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,575 | #218 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,327 | 1,518 | #228 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,773 | 1,403 | #242 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,732 | 1,220 | #257 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,140 | #261 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,068 | 1,034 | #272 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,915 | 919 | #291 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,100 | 889 | #298 |
| 1994 | — | — | 812 | #319 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,141 | 771 | #329 |
| 1992 | — | — | 698 | #342 |
| 1991 | — | — | 707 | #343 |
| 1990 | — | — | 666 | #361 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,969 | 643 | #353 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,746 | 548 | #369 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,053 | 510 | #378 |
| 1986 | — | — | 422 | #415 |
| 1985 | — | — | 428 | #412 |
| 1984 | — | — | 350 | #447 |
| 1983 | — | — | 392 | #411 |
| 1982 | — | — | 405 | #414 |
| 1981 | — | — | 396 | #417 |
| 1980 | — | — | 385 | #422 |
| 1979 | — | — | 375 | #408 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,131 | 357 | #412 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,061 | 366 | #412 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,444 | 311 | #444 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,484 | 308 | #455 |
| 1974 | — | — | 310 | #454 |
| 1973 | — | — | 233 | #510 |
| 1972 | — | — | 254 | #495 |
| 1971 | — | — | 222 | #537 |
| 1970 | — | — | 226 | #538 |
| 1969 | — | — | 203 | #552 |
| 1968 | — | — | 165 | #592 |
| 1967 | — | — | 161 | #593 |
| 1966 | — | — | 170 | #580 |
| 1965 | — | — | 169 | #586 |
| 1964 | — | — | 182 | #587 |
| 1963 | — | — | 187 | #578 |
| 1962 | — | — | 176 | #589 |
| 1961 | — | — | 190 | #572 |
| 1960 | — | — | 171 | #602 |
| 1959 | — | — | 154 | #622 |
| 1958 | — | — | 151 | #625 |
| 1957 | — | — | 143 | #642 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,218 | 146 | #630 |
| 1955 | — | — | 144 | #620 |
| 1954 | — | — | 165 | #577 |
| 1953 | — | — | 160 | #564 |
| 1952 | — | — | 164 | #544 |
| 1951 | — | — | 157 | #543 |
| 1950 | — | — | 163 | #529 |
| 1949 | — | — | 145 | #560 |
| 1948 | — | — | 133 | #580 |
| 1947 | — | — | 140 | #573 |
| 1946 | — | — | 101 | #638 |
| 1945 | — | — | 130 | #524 |
| 1944 | — | — | 118 | #560 |
| 1943 | — | — | 108 | #607 |
| 1942 | — | — | 111 | #593 |
| 1941 | — | — | 138 | #497 |
| 1940 | — | — | 103 | #582 |
| 1939 | — | — | 138 | #491 |
| 1938 | — | — | 124 | #521 |
| 1937 | — | — | 112 | #550 |
| 1936 | — | — | 116 | #530 |
| 1935 | — | — | 130 | #503 |
| 1934 | — | — | 128 | #515 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,397 | 141 | #473 |
| 1932 | — | — | 145 | #475 |
| 1931 | — | — | 149 | #462 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,744 | 172 | #453 |
| 1929 | — | — | 178 | #444 |
| 1928 | — | — | 181 | #446 |
| 1927 | — | — | 185 | #449 |
| 1926 | — | — | 207 | #421 |
| 1925 | — | — | 193 | #428 |
| 1924 | — | — | 180 | #457 |
| 1923 | — | — | 162 | #478 |
| 1922 | — | — | 162 | #483 |
| 1921 | — | — | 150 | #505 |
| 1920 | — | — | 168 | #470 |
| 1919 | — | — | 168 | #452 |
| 1918 | — | — | 141 | #502 |
| 1917 | — | — | 154 | #455 |
| 1916 | — | — | 163 | #439 |
| 1915 | — | — | 114 | #520 |
| 1914 | — | — | 111 | #454 |
| 1913 | — | — | 117 | #394 |
| 1912 | — | — | 97 | #390 |
| 1911 | — | — | 45 | #432 |
| 1910 | — | — | 34 | #474 |
| 1909 | — | — | 28 | #489 |
| 1908 | — | — | 40 | #361 |
| 1907 | — | — | 32 | #397 |
| 1906 | — | — | 18 | #553 |
| 1905 | — | — | 29 | #395 |
| 1904 | — | — | 26 | #411 |
| 1903 | — | — | 20 | #475 |
| 1902 | — | — | 21 | #464 |
| 1901 | — | — | 17 | #475 |
| 1900 | — | — | 23 | #480 |
| 1899 | — | — | 20 | #416 |
| 1898 | — | — | 32 | #339 |
| 1897 | — | — | 24 | #386 |
| 1896 | — | — | 28 | #364 |
| 1895 | — | — | 29 | #341 |
| 1894 | — | — | 36 | #291 |
| 1893 | — | — | 35 | #293 |
| 1892 | — | — | 38 | #299 |
| 1891 | — | — | 24 | #351 |
| 1890 | — | — | 36 | #289 |
| 1889 | — | — | 36 | #281 |
| 1888 | — | — | 24 | #378 |
| 1887 | — | — | 34 | #281 |
| 1886 | — | — | 41 | #265 |
| 1885 | — | — | 60 | #204 |
| 1884 | — | — | 48 | #248 |
| 1883 | — | — | 44 | #240 |
| 1882 | — | — | 57 | #217 |
| 1881 | — | — | 41 | #243 |
| 1880 | — | — | 65 | #189 |
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).