Elysian
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ih-LIZH-un
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Elysian is a name of Greek origin, meaning “of Elysium, blissful”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Elysian mean?
Greek: English word from Greek Elysion
“of Elysium, blissful”
In Greek myth the Elysian Fields were the paradise reserved for heroes and the blessed.
Is Elysian a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Elysian has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Elysian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Elysian, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the boys named Elysian in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elysian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
Names like Elysian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Elian Caspian Atreus Bastian Eliam Callahan Killian Kyrie Evander Finnegan Jayceon
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, “Elysian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elysian, updated 20 October 2026.