Elios
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EL-ee-ohs
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Elios is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Elios mean?
Greek: form of Helios, the Greek word for sun
“sun”
Recalls Helios, the sun personified as a god in Greek myth.
Is Elios a girl's or a boy's name?
Elios is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elios in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 314% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Elios, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 2019.
Half of all the boys named Elios in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elios in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
Nicknames for Elios
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Elios
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atreus Ellis Augustus Theodore Everett Silas Alonzo Julius Ambrose Ermias Emmett Helios
Names related to Elios
More Greek names
Luca Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from 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, “Elios: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elios, updated 20 October 2026.