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Elia

Gender
Unisex
Say it
EL-ee-a
UK rank, 2025
#945 for girls
US rank, 2025
#970 for girls

Unisex

Elia is a name. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 970th for girls in the US (263 babies).

Where does Elia come from?

Short form of names such as Eliana; Elia is also the Italian form of Elijah

Is Elia a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Elia has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls and 21 boys in the UK and 263 girls and 41 boys in the US.

How popular is Elia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#945among girls
Babies in 2025
39about 1 in 7,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Elia, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 59 girls. 21 boys were also named Elia in 2025 (1,372nd for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Elia than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Elia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were given Elia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #945 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 79% of the babies named Elia in the UK in 2003, and 65% in 2025.

Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 59 in 20242025
Elia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202539#945
202459#694
202352#747
202247#824
202142#906
202036#1,009
201951#800
201853#793
201746#897
201647#864
201543#915
201435#1,080
201333#1,142
201224#1,430
201116#1,824
201013#2,103
200917#1,691
20089#2,663
200714#1,874
200611#2,119
200513#1,807
200410#2,064
200311#1,831
20028#2,231
200110#1,832
200010#1,792
19999#1,921
19987#2,304
19971#5,110
19963#3,935

How popular is Elia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#970among girls
Babies in 2025
263about 1 in 6,100 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 263 girls in the US were named Elia, making it the 970th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,099th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 321 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884. 41 boys were also named Elia in 2025 (2,990th for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Elia than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Elia in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 336 girls in the US were given Elia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #788, up from #970 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 87% of the babies named Elia in the US were girls.

1884Busiest: 321 in 20242025
Elia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025263#970
2024321#841
2023308#871
2022294#919
2021307#884
2020222#1,099
2019235#1,073
2018216#1,130
2017233#1,087
2016195#1,252
2015200#1,234
2014177#1,333
2013154#1,451
2012138#1,575
2011181#1,301
2010147#1,521
2009160#1,450
2008135#1,657
2007176#1,370
200696#2,050
2005107#1,818
2004102#1,854
2003112#1,701
200284#2,043
200181#2,060
200073#2,170
199966#2,255
199863#2,241
199772#1,980
199677#1,879
199574#1,875
199473#1,924
199380#1,811
199264#2,100
199182#1,746
199093#1,601
198959#2,091
198856#2,066
198760#1,898
198654#2,002
198557#1,927
198461#1,771
198345#2,155
198258#1,850
198166#1,714
198056#1,904
197963#1,731
197853#1,862
197756#1,801
197655#1,729
197569#1,481
197457#1,630
197349#1,773
197240#1,989
197140#2,064
197046#1,877
196956#1,591
196845#1,749
196739#1,881
196652#1,548
196540#1,801
196439#1,891
196345#1,714
196248#1,626
196159#1,453
196051#1,560
195956#1,434
195859#1,378
195751#1,490
195654#1,436
195572#1,174
195464#1,240
195356#1,298
195252#1,332
195150#1,313
195063#1,160
194949#1,303
194840#1,460
194753#1,237
194646#1,275
194543#1,212
194444#1,187
194331#1,491
194244#1,195
194141#1,166
194030#1,374
193934#1,265
193835#1,231
193741#1,116
193632#1,267
193544#1,039
193444#1,047
193339#1,123
193243#1,082
193131#1,314
193040#1,181
192941#1,159
192835#1,289
192732#1,422
192632#1,413
192541#1,210
192431#1,503
192334#1,350
192227#1,611
192128#1,577
192035#1,312
191923#1,698
191824#1,645
191727#1,431
191619#1,805
191528#1,339
191411#2,125
191311#1,883
19129#1,980
191111#1,450
191014#1,207
190910#1,369
19086#1,862
19075#2,060
19067#1,553
19056#1,695
19046#1,658
19035#1,791
190212#1,024
19010–
190010#1,230
18996#1,393
18980–
189712#931
189610#1,047
18958#1,202
18940–
18936#1,277
18926#1,278
18917#1,093
18906#1,209
18897#1,024
18888#959
18877#937
18860–
18850–
18845#1,024

Names like Elia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Emilia Sophia Elena Aurora Amelia Eliza Olivia Aria Lucia Athena Fatima Delilah

Other spellings of Elia

Ellia

Names related to Elia

Ella Eli Elio Ela Elaia Eila Eliya Eliyah Elli Eliah Eleia

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, “Elia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elia, updated 20 October 2026.