Aelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-lee-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Aelia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Aelia mean?
Latin: feminine of the Roman family name Aelius
Feminine of the Roman family name Aelius; Emperor Hadrian renamed Jerusalem Aelia Capitolina.
Is Aelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Aelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Aelia, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Aelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
How popular is Aelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 112% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Aelia, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
2025 had fewer girls named Aelia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Aelia in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
Names like Aelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria Aurelia Aurora Emilia Arabella Luna Maeva Alessia Nova Isla Elodie Amelia
Names related to Aelia
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Emily Florence Mabel Nora Rosie Max Lucy Julian Clara Anthony Austin Felix
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aelia, updated 20 October 2026.