Elias
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Elias
Strong, charismatic, and sleek, Elias has followed in the footsteps of Elijah and Eli to become a popular choice among parents today.
Elias for boys#13 US
While it may sound cool and fresh, Elias is a name with history and substance. It is the Greek form of the name Elijah, meaning "Yahweh is God," and was used in both the Greek New Testament and medieval tales. Elias was then given to early saints, to honor the miracles and work of the popular Biblical figure.
Revived by Puritans in the 18th century, notable namesakes include the inventor of the sewing machine, Elias Howe, writer Elias Canetti and Walter Elias Disney.
Felix Mendelssohn composed a popular oratorio named "Elias", while Sir Walter Scott, Anthony Trollope, and Thomas Hardy all have characters called Elias in their novels, giving the name literary and classical charm.
In the US, Elias has seen significant usage from the 90s onwards with its popularity doubling during the 2010s.. Given to over 7600 boys in a recent year, Elias continues to climb the charts and has overtaken Eli as a go to El- choice.
While still outranked by Elijah in the US, across Europe and South America, Elias is the preferred form. Popular in Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Mexico, Elias travels well. Most recently, it entered the UK Top 100 in 2022, replacing Ollie.
The name has been chosen for characters in the popular horror podcast, The Magnus Archives, Cassandra Clare's trilogy "The Infernal Devices", and the TV series "Person of Interest." Elias has the celebrity seal of approval too, with singer Michael Bublé, actor Robert Downey Jr, tennis player Boris Becker and actress Barbara Becker choosing to use it for their sons.
Handsome and refined as it is, the main problem with Elias is deciding whether you want to use it, or keep Elijah, Eli, Elliot, Elio, Eliza, Elizabeth, or Elise in the running. To avoid the problem, you could go with similar but lower ranking Tobias, Linus, or Ozias.
Elias for girls#11211 US
Like its parent name Elijah and the related Elliot, this has potential for girls. It shares sounds with Eliza, Delilah, and Iris, along with established unisex choices, like Ellis, Emery, and Eden. Given to only a small handful of girls every year, it is not a popular choice just yet. If you do enjoy the idea, Lilias, Eirlys, Clovis, Micah, or Micaiah might appeal too.
Pronounced ih-LY-us.
As of October 2026, Elias ranked #13 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #60.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #103 | 3,781 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #100 | 4,099 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #93 | 4,486 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #78 | 4,931 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #67 | 5,348 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #60 | 5,720 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #54 | 5,990 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #48 | 6,349 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #43 | 6,728 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #36 | 7,003 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #25 | 7,653 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #13 | 8,837 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Famous Eliass
- Elias AbdulmajidBoy
brother of supermodel Iman
- Elias BeckerBoy
son of tennis player and model Boris and Barbara Becker
- Elias BoudinotBoy
American politician
- Elias BreeskinBoy
Russian violinist
- Elias BubléBoy
son of singer Michael Bublé
- Elias CanettiBoy
awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Elias James CoreyBoy
American chemist
- Elias D'OnofrioBoy
son of actor Vincent D'Onofrio
- Elias DaytonBoy
American soldier and politician
- Elias Charles DisneyBoy
Canadian businessman, father of Walt Disney
- Elias GoldbergBoy
American painter
- Elias Gottlob HaussmannBoy
German painter
- Elias Logan HargerBoy
American actor
- Elias HollBoy
German architect
- Elias HoweBoy
American inventor of the sewing machine
- Elias KaneBoy
American politician
- Elias KoteasBoy
Greek,Canadian actor
- Elias LindholmBoy
Swedish hockey player
- Elias ibn MudarBoy
Arab chieftain, ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad
- Elias of ArmeniaBoy
Armenian religious leader
- Elias Bender RønnenfeltBoy
Danish musician of band Iceage
- Elias Alves da SilvaBoy
Brazilian football player
- Elias ToufexisBoy
Greek,Canadian actor
- Elias WrightBoy
American Union brevet brigadier general during the Civil War era
- Exton Elias DowneyBoy
son of actor Robert Downey Jr
- Walter Elias "Walt" DisneyBoy
American founder of Disney
Elias in pop culture
- Elias MalmgrenBoy
a central character in Sara B Elfgren & Mats Strandberg's "Cirkeln" trilogy
- Elias AcornBoy
character in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series
- Elias BoganBoy
character in Marvel Comics
- Elias GroverBoy
character in the 2006 film "Clerks II"
- Sergeant Elias GrodinBoy
character in 1986 film "Platoon"
- EliasBoy
fictional character in Panel de Pon
- Elias RykerBoy
character in Richard K. Morgan's novel, Altered Carbon
- Elias "Eli" ThompsonBoy
character on TV's "Boardwalk Empire"
- Elias WalkerBoy
character in the 2013 video game "Call of Duty: Ghosts"
- Elias AinsworthBoy
character in anime and manga "The Ancient Magus' Bride"
- Dr. Elias HuerBoy
character from "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979)
- Carl G. EliasBoy
known as Elias, crime boss on TV's "Person of Interest"
- Elias GoldsteinBoy
character in video game "Shall We Date?"
- Elias StoryBoy
pseudonym of Isolt Sayre in J.K. Rowling's "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"
- Elias VeturiusBoy
main character in the book series "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
- Elias BakkoushBoy
character in Norwegian TV show "Skam"
- EliasBoy
a character from the young adult books, "The Dead,Tossed Waves" and "The Dark and Hollow Places" by Carrie Ryan
- EliasBoy
a character from Jose Rizal's "Noli Me Tangere"
- EliasBoy
character in the novel Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young
- Elias BlackBoy
character in the 2017 video game “Prey”
- Elias BouchardBoy
character on "The Magnus Archives"