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Elius

Gender
Boy
Say it
EE-lee-us
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#7,675 for boys

Elius is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

Where does Elius come from?

Hebrew: probably a variant of Elias

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

Elius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elius in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,675among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 170,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Elius, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.

Half of all the boys named Elius in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2001Busiest: 12 in 20212025
Elius in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#7,675
20249#8,307
202311#7,284
20227#9,815
202112#6,693
20200–
201910#7,638
20189#8,150
201710#7,542
20166#10,739
20156#10,638
20140–
20130–
20126#10,763
201110#7,495
20100–
20090–
20089#8,319
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20015#10,548

Names like Elius

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

Names related to Elius

More Hebrew names

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