Eliyas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- e-LEE-as
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,162 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Eliyas is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Eliyas mean?
Hebrew: form of Elias, the Greek form of Elijah
“my God is Yahweh”
Elias is the Greek form of Elijah; in the Qur'an the same prophet is called Ilyas.
Is Eliyas a girl's or a boy's name?
Eliyas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eliyas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Eliyas, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th.
2025 had the most boys named Eliyas of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Eliyas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales.
Eliyas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,198 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Eliyas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Eliyas, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Eliyas in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eliyas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Nicknames for Eliyas
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Eliyas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Eesa Zakariya Abdullah Zayan Zayd Zayaan Ayyub Mustafa Huzaifa
Names related to Eliyas
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Mateo
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, “Eliyas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eliyas, updated 20 October 2026.