Elias is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #21 for boy births in the United States, given to 8,845 babies. Elias first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2025 (8,845 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,845 | #21 |
| 2024 | 7,691 | #36 |
| 2023 | 7,013 | #52 |
| 2022 | 6,743 | #61 |
| 2021 | 6,366 | #72 |
| 2020 | 6,000 | #83 |
| 2019 | 5,729 | #92 |
| 2018 | 5,360 | #107 |
| 2017 | 4,931 | #127 |
| 2016 | 4,492 | #152 |
| 2015 | 4,111 | #173 |
| 2014 | 3,789 | #183 |
| 2013 | 3,498 | #200 |
| 2012 | 3,235 | #214 |
| 2011 | 2,993 | #240 |
| 2010 | 2,839 | #253 |
| 2009 | 2,486 | #292 |
| 2008 | 2,529 | #294 |
| 2007 | 2,367 | #329 |
| 2006 | 2,163 | #351 |
| 2005 | 2,121 | #349 |
| 2004 | 1,766 | #402 |
| 2003 | 1,719 | #399 |
| 2002 | 1,575 | #426 |
| 2001 | 1,526 | #437 |
| 2000 | 1,408 | #463 |
| 1999 | 1,229 | #509 |
| 1998 | 1,140 | #531 |
| 1997 | 1,042 | #552 |
| 1996 | 926 | #599 |
| 1995 | 894 | #607 |
| 1994 | 812 | #646 |
| 1993 | 776 | #667 |
| 1992 | 698 | #715 |
| 1991 | 707 | #712 |
| 1990 | 666 | #752 |
| 1989 | 648 | #739 |
| 1988 | 554 | #783 |
| 1987 | 517 | #808 |
| 1986 | 422 | #909 |
| 1985 | 428 | #886 |
| 1984 | 350 | #978 |
| 1983 | 392 | #898 |
| 1982 | 405 | #902 |
| 1981 | 396 | #915 |
| 1980 | 385 | #922 |
| 1979 | 375 | #916 |
| 1978 | 365 | #914 |
| 1977 | 371 | #913 |
| 1976 | 317 | #983 |
| 1975 | 313 | #990 |
| 1974 | 310 | #985 |
| 1973 | 233 | #1,137 |
| 1972 | 254 | #1,097 |
| 1971 | 222 | #1,210 |
| 1970 | 226 | #1,206 |
| 1969 | 203 | #1,230 |
| 1968 | 165 | #1,342 |
| 1967 | 161 | #1,346 |
| 1966 | 170 | #1,301 |
| 1965 | 169 | #1,319 |
| 1964 | 182 | #1,326 |
| 1963 | 187 | #1,303 |
| 1962 | 176 | #1,344 |
| 1961 | 190 | #1,300 |
| 1960 | 171 | #1,357 |
| 1959 | 154 | #1,417 |
| 1958 | 151 | #1,424 |
| 1957 | 143 | #1,456 |
| 1956 | 151 | #1,390 |
| 1955 | 144 | #1,389 |
| 1954 | 165 | #1,269 |
| 1953 | 160 | #1,250 |
| 1952 | 164 | #1,216 |
| 1951 | 157 | #1,219 |
| 1950 | 163 | #1,178 |
| 1949 | 145 | #1,234 |
| 1948 | 133 | #1,275 |
| 1947 | 140 | #1,248 |
| 1946 | 101 | #1,414 |
| 1945 | 130 | #1,136 |
| 1944 | 118 | #1,206 |
| 1943 | 108 | #1,313 |
| 1942 | 111 | #1,261 |
| 1941 | 138 | #1,069 |
| 1940 | 103 | #1,227 |
| 1939 | 138 | #1,033 |
| 1938 | 124 | #1,095 |
| 1937 | 112 | #1,150 |
| 1936 | 116 | #1,107 |
| 1935 | 130 | #1,041 |
| 1934 | 128 | #1,054 |
| 1933 | 146 | #960 |
| 1932 | 145 | #993 |
| 1931 | 149 | #981 |
| 1930 | 177 | #927 |
| 1929 | 178 | #930 |
| 1928 | 181 | #943 |
| 1927 | 185 | #943 |
| 1926 | 207 | #883 |
| 1925 | 193 | #915 |
| 1924 | 180 | #986 |
| 1923 | 162 | #1,033 |
| 1922 | 162 | #1,031 |
| 1921 | 150 | #1,082 |
| 1920 | 168 | #1,011 |
| 1919 | 168 | #972 |
| 1918 | 141 | #1,091 |
| 1917 | 154 | #990 |
| 1916 | 163 | #948 |
| 1915 | 114 | #1,118 |
| 1914 | 111 | #976 |
| 1913 | 117 | #854 |
| 1912 | 97 | #870 |
| 1911 | 45 | #1,072 |
| 1910 | 34 | #1,194 |
| 1909 | 28 | #1,233 |
| 1908 | 40 | #947 |
| 1907 | 32 | #1,057 |
| 1906 | 18 | #1,386 |
| 1905 | 29 | #1,043 |
| 1904 | 26 | #1,081 |
| 1903 | 20 | #1,231 |
| 1902 | 21 | #1,195 |
| 1901 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1900 | 23 | #1,226 |
| 1899 | 20 | #1,113 |
| 1898 | 32 | #908 |
| 1897 | 24 | #999 |
| 1896 | 28 | #944 |
| 1895 | 29 | #888 |
| 1894 | 36 | #749 |
| 1893 | 35 | #741 |
| 1892 | 38 | #728 |
| 1891 | 24 | #872 |
| 1890 | 36 | #707 |
| 1889 | 36 | #683 |
| 1888 | 24 | #882 |
| 1887 | 34 | #642 |
| 1886 | 41 | #600 |
| 1885 | 60 | #463 |
| 1884 | 48 | #528 |
| 1883 | 44 | #507 |
| 1882 | 57 | #443 |
| 1881 | 41 | #492 |
| 1880 | 65 | #378 |