first name
ELIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,430 people named Elia, 69.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 22% as White and 3.9% as Black. 93% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Elia peaked in 2024, when 343 babies got the name.
At least 10,159 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Elia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,626. The largest share of babies named Elia, 34%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Elia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elia has been most common in Texas (5.2×), California (2.9×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Indiana (0.2×).
6,204 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Elia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Elia ranks #9,373 of 156,621, with 3,329 people. See Elia as a last name
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