NameTides

Elias

Elias was the #13 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8,837 babies), and #69 in England & Wales and #36 in Canada.

Elias as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Elias as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandScotland
Elias as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#13 (8,837)#69 (738)#208 (20)#175 (12)#185 (26)#36 (565)#35 (170)#89 (86)
2024#25 (7,684)#79 (687)#199 (21)#187 (11)#222 (20)#57 (451)#87 (97)#91 (86)
2023#36 (7,006)#96 (561)#192 (23)#189 (11)#254 (17)#56 (451)#59 (126)—
2022#43 (6,730)#96 (572)#256 (15)#192 (11)#349 (12)#73 (406)#84 (103)—
2021#48 (6,355)#109 (547)#213 (21)#266 (7)#225 (22)#78 (422)#78 (119)—
2020#54 (5,993)#113 (510)#292 (13)#213 (9)#280 (16)#71 (428)#96 (98)—
2019#60 (5,722)#117 (491)#278 (14)#274 (6)#268 (17)#75 (429)#87 (103)—
2018#67 (5,351)#123 (471)#288 (13)#319 (5)#350 (11)#84 (408)——
2017#78 (4,931)#129 (454)#490 (6)#318 (5)#281 (16)#112 (345)——
2016#93 (4,486)#168 (342)#375 (9)#281 (6)#254 (19)#104 (363)——
2015#100 (4,101)#189 (304)#426 (7)#415 (3)#503 (6)#127 (323)——
2014#103 (3,784)#192 (294)#302 (13)—#347 (12)#143 (280)——
2013#113 (3,498)#230 (226)#366 (9)—#404 (9)#162 (230)——
2012#115 (3,229)#247 (198)#392 (8)—#548 (5)#159 (245)——
2011#139 (2,993)#246 (195)#421 (7)#375 (3)#490 (6)#167 (221)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #13.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 190 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 190very common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 370common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 980common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 690common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 910common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 280common

Next year

On its recent trend, Elias is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 180 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 170 to 1 in 200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elias by state, 2025Alaska: #7AKMaine: #91MEWisconsin: #54WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: #66NHWashington: #17WAIdaho: #37IDMontana: #45MTNorth Dakota: #14NDMinnesota: #44MNIllinois: #19ILMichigan: #47MINew York: #29NYMassachusetts: #34MAOregon: #21ORNevada: #8NVWyoming: #20WYSouth Dakota: #30SDIowa: #42IAIndiana: #23INOhio: #39OHPennsylvania: #43PANew Jersey: #32NJConnecticut: #38CTRhode Island: #27RICalifornia: #8CAUtah: #45UTColorado: #10CONebraska: #21NEMissouri: #39MOKentucky: #39KYWest Virginia: #29WVVirginia: #25VAMaryland: #36MDDelaware: #25DEArizona: #6AZNew Mexico: #8NMKansas: #15KSArkansas: #33ARTennessee: #26TNNorth Carolina: #14NCSouth Carolina: #34SCDistrict of Columbia: #97DCOklahoma: #14OKLouisiana: #29LAMississippi: #44MSAlabama: #28ALGeorgia: #20GAHawaii: #24HITexas: #8TXFlorida: #16FL
Elias (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#54118
Ontario2024#74162

Elias (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EliasCanadaBoys#36565
EliasEngland & WalesBoys#69738
EliasIrelandBoys#18526
EliasNorthern IrelandBoys#17512
EliasNSWBoys#35170
EliasScotlandBoys#20820
EliasUSGirls#10,9178
EliasUSBoys#138,837
EliasVICBoys#8986