Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Elias

#271 most common boys' name of all time · #584 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#271
Rank overall
#584 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
129,502
Since 2016
63,170
Peak year
2025 #13
Best rank
#13 2025
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 8,845/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Elias is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 8,837 8,845 #13
2024 7 7,684 7,691 #25
2023 7 7,006 7,013 #36
2022 13 6,730 6,743 #43
2021 11 6,355 6,366 #48
2020 7 5,993 6,000 #54
2019 7 5,722 5,729 #60
2018 9 5,351 5,360 #67
2017 — 4,931 4,931 #78
2016 6 4,486 4,492 #93
2015 10 4,101 4,111 #100
2014 5 3,784 3,789 #103
2013 — 3,498 3,498 #113
2012 6 3,229 3,235 #115
2011 — 2,993 2,993 #139
2010 9 2,830 2,839 #141
2009 — 2,486 2,486 #158
2008 7 2,522 2,529 #157
2007 5 2,362 2,367 #174
2006 — 2,163 2,163 #186
2005 5 2,116 2,121 #188
2004 6 1,760 1,766 #207
2003 7 1,712 1,719 #210
2002 — 1,575 1,575 #217
2001 8 1,518 1,526 #228
2000 5 1,403 1,408 #242
1999 9 1,220 1,229 #257
1998 — 1,140 1,140 #261
1997 8 1,034 1,042 #272
1996 7 919 926 #291
1995 5 889 894 #298
1994 — 812 812 #319
1993 5 771 776 #329
1992 — 698 698 #342
1991 — 707 707 #343
1990 — 666 666 #361
1989 5 643 648 #352
1988 6 548 554 #369
1987 7 510 517 #378
1986 — 422 422 #415
1985 — 428 428 #412
1984 — 350 350 #447
1983 — 392 392 #411
1982 — 405 405 #414
1981 — 396 396 #417
1980 — 385 385 #422
1979 — 375 375 #409
1978 8 357 365 #412
1977 5 366 371 #413
1976 6 311 317 #444
1975 5 308 313 #455
1974 — 310 310 #455
1973 — 233 233 #509
1972 — 254 254 #495
1971 — 222 222 #536
1970 — 226 226 #538
1969 — 203 203 #552
1968 — 165 165 #591
1967 — 161 161 #593
1966 — 170 170 #579
1965 — 169 169 #586
1964 — 182 182 #587
1963 — 187 187 #579
1962 — 176 176 #589
1961 — 190 190 #570
1960 — 171 171 #601
1959 — 154 154 #622
1958 — 151 151 #625
1957 — 143 143 #641
1956 5 146 151 #630
1955 — 144 144 #621
1954 — 165 165 #577
1953 — 160 160 #564
1952 — 164 164 #544
1951 — 157 157 #543
1950 — 163 163 #529
1949 — 145 145 #561
1948 — 133 133 #579
1947 — 140 140 #572
1946 — 101 101 #638
1945 — 130 130 #524
1944 — 118 118 #560
1943 — 108 108 #607
1942 — 111 111 #592
1941 — 138 138 #497
1940 — 103 103 #582
1939 — 138 138 #491
1938 — 124 124 #521
1937 — 112 112 #550
1936 — 116 116 #531
1935 — 130 130 #501
1934 — 128 128 #513
1933 5 141 146 #473
1932 — 145 145 #475
1931 — 149 149 #462
1930 5 172 177 #451
1929 — 178 178 #444
1928 — 181 181 #445
1927 — 185 185 #449
1926 — 207 207 #421
1925 — 193 193 #428
1924 — 180 180 #457
1923 — 162 162 #477
1922 — 162 162 #483
1921 — 150 150 #505
1920 — 168 168 #470
1919 — 168 168 #451
1918 — 141 141 #502
1917 — 154 154 #454
1916 — 163 163 #439
1915 — 114 114 #520
1914 — 111 111 #454
1913 — 117 117 #394
1912 — 97 97 #389
1911 — 45 45 #432
1910 — 34 34 #474
1909 — 28 28 #488
1908 — 40 40 #360
1907 — 32 32 #396
1906 — 18 18 #548
1905 — 29 29 #395
1904 — 26 26 #410
1903 — 20 20 #472
1902 — 21 21 #462
1901 — 17 17 #469
1900 — 23 23 #477
1899 — 20 20 #416
1898 — 32 32 #339
1897 — 24 24 #385
1896 — 28 28 #363
1895 — 29 29 #340
1894 — 36 36 #291
1893 — 35 35 #295
1892 — 38 38 #300
1891 — 24 24 #349
1890 — 36 36 #289
1889 — 36 36 #282
1888 — 24 24 #378
1887 — 34 34 #276
1886 — 41 41 #264
1885 — 60 60 #204
1884 — 48 48 #247
1883 — 44 44 #241
1882 — 57 57 #217
1881 — 41 41 #243
1880 — 65 65 #189