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Elias

Form of Elijah used in several languages.

PronunciationEuropean Portuguese /ɨ.ˈli.ɐʃ/; Brazilian Portuguese /e.ˈli.ɐs/; German /e.ˈliː.as/; Finnish /ˈe.li.ɑs/; English /ɪ.ˈlaɪ.əs/; English /i.ˈlaɪ.əs/; Dutch /ˈeː.li.ɑs/
Usage languagesAmharic, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
US rank (2025)#13

Meaning and history

Éliás is a form of Elijah used in several languages, including the Greek New Testament and some English translations.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 2,163 births, rank #186
2007: 2,362 births, rank #174
2008: 2,522 births, rank #157
2009: 2,486 births, rank #158
2010: 2,830 births, rank #141
20112011: 2,993 births, rank #139
2012: 3,229 births, rank #115
2013: 3,498 births, rank #113
2014: 3,784 births, rank #103
2015: 4,101 births, rank #100
20162016: 4,486 births, rank #93
2017: 4,931 births, rank #78
2018: 5,351 births, rank #67
2019: 5,722 births, rank #60
2020: 5,993 births, rank #54
20212021: 6,355 births, rank #48
2022: 6,730 births, rank #43
2023: 7,006 births, rank #36
2024: 7,684 births, rank #25
20252025: 8,837 births, rank #13

Elias has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1880, it fell to #642 by 1957, before climbing to #13 in 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 8,837.