Elie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. A male given name from Hebrew.

Elie

Gender: Boy
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #3,512 for boys

Elie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).

What does Elie mean?

Hebrew

A male given name from Hebrew.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Elie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 32 boys in the US.

How popular is Elie in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 boys.

Half of all the boys named Elie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 6 in 20052023

Elie in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2023	3	#5,193
2022	3	#5,017
2021	4	#4,188
2020	5	#3,502
2019	5	#3,597
2018	6	#3,162
2017	0	–
2016	4	#4,214
2015	5	#3,527
2014	5	#3,529
2013	0	–
2012	3	#4,999
2011	5	#3,446
2010	6	#3,092
2009	6	#2,970
2008	6	#2,906
2007	4	#3,748
2006	5	#3,013
2005	6	#2,545
2004	4	#3,147
2003	4	#2,990
2002	3	#3,325
2001	4	#2,714
2000	4	#2,612
1999	0	–
1998	4	#2,531
1997	0	–
1996	3	#2,949

How popular is Elie in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,512among boys
Babies in 2025: 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 14% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Elie, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 56 boys. 10 girls were also named Elie in 2025 (9,454th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.

Half of all the boys named Elie in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,505 boys in the US were given Elie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #112, up from #3,512 for this spelling alone.

Eli 3,418
Ely 49
Elie 32
Eligh 6

In 2025, 24% of the babies named Elie in the US were girls.

1880Busiest: 56 in 20092025

Elie in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	32	#3,512
2024	37	#3,214
2023	38	#3,175
2022	41	#3,001
2021	26	#4,007
2020	32	#3,416
2019	27	#3,896
2018	35	#3,237
2017	37	#3,122
2016	38	#3,058
2015	35	#3,230
2014	45	#2,659
2013	51	#2,423
2012	43	#2,771
2011	50	#2,477
2010	46	#2,631
2009	56	#2,319
2008	47	#2,631
2007	45	#2,684
2006	45	#2,620
2005	26	#3,611
2004	48	#2,340
2003	37	#2,670
2002	28	#3,184
2001	30	#2,983
2000	45	#2,192
1999	38	#2,344
1998	36	#2,391
1997	27	#2,819
1996	20	#3,400
1995	32	#2,395
1994	16	#3,905
1993	31	#2,393
1992	29	#2,462
1991	33	#2,184
1990	30	#2,303
1989	33	#2,100
1988	35	#1,874
1987	24	#2,329
1986	24	#2,288
1985	31	#1,865
1984	24	#2,158
1983	20	#2,407
1982	20	#2,425
1981	25	#2,085
1980	22	#2,284
1979	20	#2,378
1978	18	#2,472
1977	15	#2,790
1976	9	#3,722
1975	18	#2,360
1974	11	#3,118
1973	18	#2,214
1972	19	#2,080
1971	9	#3,368
1970	5	#4,722
1969	10	#2,860
1968	6	#3,672
1967	8	#2,984
1966	7	#3,247
1965	6	#3,535
1964	6	#3,600
1963	10	#2,672
1962	13	#2,278
1961	19	#1,875
1960	5	#4,036
1959	18	#1,915
1958	11	#2,504
1957	15	#2,092
1956	14	#2,167
1955	16	#1,978
1954	14	#2,113
1953	16	#1,957
1952	17	#1,855
1951	12	#2,245
1950	12	#2,206
1949	14	#2,021
1948	9	#2,607
1947	17	#1,849
1946	9	#2,533
1945	11	#2,130
1944	10	#2,308
1943	11	#2,276
1942	17	#1,730
1941	16	#1,759
1940	14	#1,894
1939	19	#1,532
1938	17	#1,689
1937	12	#2,088
1936	19	#1,540
1935	18	#1,656
1934	18	#1,658
1933	19	#1,586
1932	20	#1,584
1931	17	#1,770
1930	23	#1,533
1929	26	#1,413
1928	31	#1,293
1927	35	#1,227
1926	20	#1,720
1925	31	#1,304
1924	34	#1,246
1923	30	#1,322
1922	24	#1,545
1921	28	#1,412
1920	25	#1,505
1919	34	#1,207
1918	28	#1,342
1917	25	#1,396
1916	33	#1,138
1915	25	#1,342
1914	22	#1,260
1913	17	#1,256
1912	19	#1,059
1911	14	#895
1910	9	#1,117
1909	9	#1,020
1908	12	#779
1907	7	#1,093
1906	8	#926
1905	11	#741
1904	0	–
1903	10	#734
1902	6	#1,012
1901	10	#683
1900	19	#555
1899	0	–
1898	5	#1,120
1897	7	#851
1896	11	#674
1895	10	#685
1894	10	#667
1893	12	#572
1892	5	#1,065
1891	5	#962
1890	8	#739
1889	6	#878
1888	9	#704
1887	7	#752
1886	14	#491
1885	7	#765
1884	7	#764
1883	13	#497
1882	8	#691
1881	7	#705
1880	5	#909

Names like Elie

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

Charlie Ellis Archie Ollie Reuben Jesse Eli Isaac Jacob Elijah Noah Leo

Other spellings of Elie

Eli Ely Eligh

Names related to Elie

Elio Elia Eliel Elai Elih Ellie Elle Elli Eleia

More Hebrew names

Isabella James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi Eliana

Every Hebrew name

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