Elysium
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ih-LIZ-ee-um
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Elysium is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “paradise, place of perfect happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Elysium mean?
Greek: Latin form of Greek Elysion
“paradise, place of perfect happiness”
In Greek myth Elysium, or the Elysian Fields, was the paradise where heroes lived after death.
Is Elysium a girl's or a boy's name?
Elysium is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elysium in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Elysium, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Elysium in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elysium in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Elysium
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lydia Eliza Emma Ophelia Helena Ella Phoebe Amelia Maggie Evelina Estella Elizabeth
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Elysium: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elysium, updated 20 October 2026.