Elia

What Elia means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Elia yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,234 in 2015 to #970 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Elia?

US: Rising: up from #1234 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #871 in 2015, #894 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 321 girls got the name (#841 that year). First in the US records in 1884.

How common

• About 1 in 6,111 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,494 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in KS (0.42 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.36 per 1,000 girls), AZ (0.35 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Elia is #970 in the US and #894 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 86.5% of US babies named Elia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ellie6,176 US · 410 E&W
• Alaia2,318 US · 163 E&W
• Alia499 US · 49 E&W
• Aleia279 US · 19 E&W
• Aliah193 US · 8 E&W
• Eleia90 US · 14 E&W
• Elaia58 US · 30 E&W
• Ellia73 US · 12 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Elia

Girls

• Antonella#284Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,018 in 2015, #284 in 2025
• Aurelia#290“golden”^*
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*

For a brother

• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Waylon#56Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025
• Thiago#50Portuguese, meaning “natal, relating to birth”^*
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Elia’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.