Elpidio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- el-PEE-dyoh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Elpidio is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Elpidio mean?
Greek: Spanish and Italian form of Elpidius, from Greek elpis 'hope'
“hope”
A Spanish and Italian form of the late Latin name Elpidius, from Greek elpis, 'hope'.
Is Elpidio a girl's or a boy's name?
Elpidio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elpidio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Elpidio, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1994, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had more boys named Elpidio than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Elpidio in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elpidio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Elpidio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mario Pedro Eduardo Angelo Peter Joseph Enrique Julio Lucio Philip Alonzo Christopher
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Elpidio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elpidio, updated 20 October 2026.