Elio

What Elio means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,169 in 2015, #388 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Elio?

US: Rising: up from #2169 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1380 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 818 boys got the name (#388 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

• About 1 in 2,088 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,850 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland 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 AK (2.64 per 1,000 boys), DC (1.98 per 1,000 boys), CA (1.39 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Elio is #388 in the US and #308 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Elio were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ilia56 US · 5 E&W
• Elia41 US · 18 E&W
• Eliah37 US · 5 E&W
• Elie32 US
• Ellio10 US
• Aleo10 US
• Eliu10 US
• Aliou9 US

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 Elio

Boys

• Sonny#298Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #822 in 2015, #298 in 2025
• Colter#157Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #157 vs #1,466 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Stetson#136“site in the Parish of South Brent”^*
• Nico#174Diminutive of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025

For a sister

• Alora#195“my dream”^*
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”^*
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025

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 Elio’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.