NameTides

Elyas

Elyas was the #1,263 boys' name in the US in 2025 (156 babies), and #611 in England & Wales and #699 in Canada.

Elyas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Elyas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesScotlandUS
Elyas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,263 (156)#611 (62)#647 (4)—#699 (39)
2024#1,224 (164)#674 (55)—#785 (3)#542 (51)
2023#1,248 (155)#602 (60)——#837 (29)
2022#1,414 (130)#688 (49)—#657 (4)#944 (25)
2021#1,397 (131)#729 (47)#720 (3)—#662 (41)
2020#1,451 (119)#856 (34)——#802 (30)
2019#1,407 (125)#740 (44)——#594 (45)
2018#1,465 (118)#821 (38)#704 (3)—#778 (31)
2017#1,725 (90)#1,021 (29)——#741 (33)
2016#1,921 (76)#1,050 (27)—#713 (3)#565 (48)
2015#2,300 (57)#856 (36)——#827 (28)
2014#1,766 (85)#889 (33)——#1,032 (20)
2013#1,878 (75)#1,044 (26)——#944 (23)
2012#2,209 (59)#1,229 (21)——#996 (21)
2011#2,017 (67)#1,447 (16)——#926 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,224.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Elyas is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,500 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elyas by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Elyas (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#35313
Ontario2024#48825

Elyas (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
ElyasCanadaBoys#69939
ElyasEngland & WalesBoys#61162
ElyasIrelandBoys—too few
ElyasNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ElyasScotlandBoys#6474
ElyasUSBoys#1,263156