Ellias
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- e-LY-as
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Ellias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Ellias mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Elias, the Greek form of Elijah
“my God is Yahweh”
Elias is the Greek form of Elijah, the Hebrew prophet taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire.
Is Ellias a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ellias in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Ellias, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th.
2025 had the most boys named Ellias of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Ellias in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 850 boys in the UK were given Ellias or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #74, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Ellias in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Ellias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Ellias, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer boys named Ellias than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ellias in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9,016 boys in the US were given Ellias or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #18, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Ellias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Nicknames for Ellias
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ellias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobias, Elijah, Matteo, Ezra, Enzo, Matias, Eli, Matthias, Asher, Elis, Ezekiel, Axel
Other spellings of Ellias
Names related to Ellias
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Ellias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellias, updated 20 October 2026.