Meaning and history
Short form of Eleanor, Elea was also the name of an ancient Italian town now called Velia, known as the home of the philosopher Parmenides and his student Zeno of Elea, who became famous for his paradoxes.
20062006: 6 births, rank #15,152
2007: 11 births, rank #10,129
2008: 6 births, rank #15,405
2009: 10 births, rank #10,679
2010: 8 births, rank #12,276
20112011: 16 births, rank #7,436
2012: 9 births, rank #11,257
2013: 15 births, rank #7,748
2014: 6 births, rank #14,558
2015: 21 births, rank #6,036
20162016: 12 births, rank #8,875
2017: 11 births, rank #9,341
2018: 6 births, rank #13,793
2019: 16 births, rank #7,025
2020: 15 births, rank #7,212
20212021: 21 births, rank #5,748
2022: 33 births, rank #4,295
2023: 43 births, rank #3,585
2024: 35 births, rank #4,114
20252025: 27 births, rank #4,878
In 2025, 27 babies were recorded with the name Elea, ranking #4,878 among girls.