Elias

Meaning: Yahweh is my God
Origin: Variant of Elijah (from Hebrew)

Boy's name · #13 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Elias was #189 in 1880, slipped to #642 by 1957, and reached #13 in 2025 — its highest rank ever. About 129,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Elias is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Elias is especially popular in Finland (Finnish-sp.), Finland (other-lang.), and Austria.

#3 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #3 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #4 in Austria (2025) · #4 in Norway (2025) · #7 in Germany (2025) · #7 in Switzerland (2025) · #12 in Sweden (2025) · #15 in Denmark (2025) · #16 in Ecuador (2025) · #19 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #20 in Belgium (2025) · #22 in Puerto Rico (2025) and 16 more.

Famous Eliases

Elias Canetti — British writer (1905–1994)
Elias Lönnrot — Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry (1802–1884)
Elias James Corey — American chemist
Elias Magnus Fries — Swedish biologist considered to be one of the founding fathers of the modern taxonomy of mushrooms (1794–1878)
Elias Howe — American inventor (1819–1867)

In stories & tradition

Elias Bogan — Marvel Comics
Elias Vikstedt — Salatut elämät (Finnish TV series)
Elías Goddzer — Graduados (TV series)

What Eliases become

Among 1,733 notable people named Elias:

Medical professionals appear 1.32× more often than among typical names — e.g. Elias Lönnrot, Swedish physician (1802–1884).

Similar names: Elijah · Levi · Eli · Ezra · Silas · Elliot

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