# Elian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,380 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,268 / 112 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 368, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 12,367 |
| 1991 | 7 | 10,611 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,772 |
| 2006 | 5 | 17,946 |
| 2007 | 9 | 11,915 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,641 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,247 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,960 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,368 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,297 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,504 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,230 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,511 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,387 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,326 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 202 | 976 |
| 2012 | 253 | 844 |
| 2013 | 312 | 743 |
| 2014 | 354 | 700 |
| 2015 | 365 | 688 |
| 2016 | 450 | 598 |
| 2017 | 478 | 569 |
| 2018 | 771 | 411 |
| 2019 | 872 | 367 |
| 2020 | 877 | 355 |
| 2021 | 890 | 366 |
| 2022 | 1,128 | 299 |
| 2023 | 1,487 | 235 |
| 2024 | 1,499 | 237 |
| 2025 | 2,448 | 147 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 29 | 962 |
| 2021 | 31 | 963 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,011 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 34 | 914 |

## People named Elian

- Elián González Brotons, Cuban boy in 2000 international custody dispute
- Elian Lehto, Finnish alpine skier

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.