Stelios
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Stelios is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “someone firm”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Stelios mean?
Greek
“someone firm”
A transliteration of the Greek male given name diminutive Στέλιος (Stélios), used in Greece.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Stelios a girl's or a boy's name?
Stelios is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stelios in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 7 boys.
Stelios in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Stelios in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Stelios, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Stelios in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stelios in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Stelios
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucas Sebastian Samuel Theo Alexander Tobias Elias Nicholas Oliver Luke Joshua Atlas
Names related to Stelios
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Sofia Penelope Phoebe Margot Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey Elena Christopher
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, “Stelios: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stelios, updated 20 October 2026.