# Elie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elie/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,405 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,015 / 390 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 134, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variously a form of Elijah used in Romanian, French, and some other languages, or short for names like Eliezer.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 6,651 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9,916 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6,317 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,182 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,521 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,356 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,961 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,769 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,855 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,666 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,366 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,799 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,360 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,537 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,633 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 2,483 |
| 2012 | 43 | 2,786 |
| 2013 | 51 | 2,435 |
| 2014 | 45 | 2,677 |
| 2015 | 35 | 3,255 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,142 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,260 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,922 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,443 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,046 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,021 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,192 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,235 |
| 2025 | 32 | 3,535 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 8 | 2,278 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Elie

- Élie Cartan, French mathematician (1869–1951)
- Élie Decazes, 1st Duke of Decazes, French judge and politician (1780-1860)
- Élie Baup, French football player and manager
- Élie-Abel Carrière, French Botanist (1818–1896)
- Élie Faure, French art historian and essayist (1873-1937)
- Élie Okobo, French basketball player (born 1997)
- Élie Gesbert, French cyclist
- Élie Chouraqui, French film director
- Elie Onana, Cameroonian footballer (1951-2018)
- Élie Semoun, French comedian, actor, director, writer and singer
- Jules-Élie Delaunay, French painter (1828-1891)
- Élie Berthet, French writer

## 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.