# Pelagia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pelagia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 91 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 91 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pelagia, from Ancient Greek Πελαγία (Pelagía). Doublet of Pelagie.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1886 | 6 | 1,078 |
| 1893 | 7 | 1,266 |
| 1898 | 5 | 1,905 |
| 1907 | 5 | 2,317 |
| 1913 | 7 | 2,757 |
| 1915 | 5 | 4,811 |
| 1916 | 10 | 2,991 |
| 1918 | 9 | 3,460 |
| 1924 | 5 | 5,719 |
| 1925 | 6 | 4,844 |
| 1928 | 5 | 5,276 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,777 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,954 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,821 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,397 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

## In other languages

- French: Pélagie
- Italian: Pelagia
- Latin: Pelagia
- Russian: Пелагия

## People named Pelagia

- Pelagia the Virgin, Christian saint, virgin and martyr

## 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.