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Elia

girl name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
3
Peak era
2010s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

variant of Elijah/Elias, traditionally translated as 'my God is Yahweh'

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How popular is Elia around the world?

In the United States, 1,901 babies were named Elia between 2020 and 2025. In Spain, 11,018 residents are named Elia, the 264th most common name among women, with a mean age of 28 years.

Elia is on the official records of the United States, Spain, France, Austria, Mexico City, Canada, England and Wales, Scotland, South Australia, Brazil, Poland, Chile and Argentina.

United States

1 in 11,000

In the United States, 1,901 babies were named Elia between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Elia peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. In US birth records Elia has stayed between 521 and 2,064 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Spain

#91 · 2024

In Spain, 11,018 residents are named Elia, the 264th most common name among women, with a mean age of 28 years.
In Spain, Elia was the 91st most common name among girls born in 2024.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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France

1 in 2,300

In France, about 245 girls named Elia were born in 2025, the 235th most common name among girls that year.

1900peak 2016

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Elia, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Austria

1 in 2,700

In Austria, 25 boys named Elia were born in 2025, the 233rd most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 2023

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Mexico City City

1 in 5,600

In Mexico City, there were 21 registrations of Elia in 2022.

2000peak 2022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Canada

1 in 6,100

In Canada, 52 girls named Elia were born in 2024, the 555th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2019

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

1 in 10,000

In England and Wales, 39 girls named Elia were born in 2025, the 894th most common name among girls that year.
In England and Wales, 18 boys named Elia were born in 2025, ranked 1,466th among boys that year.

1996peak 2024

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Scotland

1 in 15,000

In Scotland, 3 girls named Elia were registered in 2024, the 790th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Elia in 2017.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Brazil

1 in 29,000

At the 2022 census, 6,980 people in Brazil were named Elia, ranked 2,170th, with a median age of 55.
Among people named Elia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

1930speak 1960s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 177 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Poland

1 in 62,000

In Poland, 4 girls named Elia were born in 2025, the 498th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Chile

1 in 89,000

In Chile, 2 girls were registered as Elia in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

peak 19332021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 330,000

In Argentina, 2 newborns were given the name Elia in 2024.

2012peak 20162024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Ireland

last on record 2024

Elia is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Montevideo City

last on record 2009

Elia is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico and New Zealand: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Elia

Most people given the name Elia in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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