Elia Girl
How popular is Elia?
#970 girl name in 2025
263 baby girls were named Elia in the US in 2025, making it the 970th most popular girl name. Another 41 boys got the name (#2,990 for boys).
Elia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #970 for girls (▼ 129 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 263 girls, 41 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,234 in 2015, #1,099 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (321 girls) |
| Highest rank | #841 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 9% boys, 91% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elia family of names ranked #752 for girls in 2025 (#649 the year before), with 341 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elia | 263 | 77% |
| Ellia | 73 | 21% |
| Elyah | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elia is most popular
Babies named Elia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.4 per 1,000 (313 girls)
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (231 girls)
- Colorado: 0.3 per 1,000 (32 girls)
Elia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #937 |
| 1890s | 61 | #931 |
| 1900s | 67 | #1,024 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,207 |
| 1920s | 336 | #1,159 |
| 1930s | 383 | #1,039 |
| 1940s | 421 | #1,166 |
| 1950s | 577 | #1,160 |
| 1960s | 474 | #1,453 |
| 1970s | 528 | #1,481 |
| 1980s | 572 | #1,714 |
| 1990s | 744 | #1,601 |
| 2000s | 1,126 | #1,370 |
| 2010s | 1,876 | #1,073 |
| 2020s | 1,715 | #841 |
Girl names about as popular as Elia
Questions
- Is Elia a boy or girl name?
- Elia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 91% of babies named Elia were girls.
- How popular is the name Elia?
- 263 baby girls were named Elia in the US in 2025, making it the 970th most popular girl name. Another 41 boys got the name (#2,990 for boys).
- When was Elia most popular?
- Elia peaked in 2024, when 321 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #841 in 2024.
- How many people are named Elia?
- 10,159 babies have been named Elia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,681 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Elia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elia was most common in California, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.