# Stelios (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stelios/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | “someone firm”, “pole” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 222 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 222 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 30, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Greek Στέλιος (Stélios), diminutive of Στυλιανός (Stylianós), from Ancient Greek Στυλιανός (Stulianós, literally “someone firm”), from στῦλος (stûlos, “pole”).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 11,863 |
| 2007 | 11 | 7,515 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,907 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,555 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,986 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,608 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,560 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,924 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,568 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,784 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,785 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,641 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,696 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,782 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,609 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 7 | 1,664 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |

## People named Stelios

- Stelios Haji-Ioannou, British businessman
- Stelios Constantas, Cypriot musician
- Stelios Andreou, Cypriot footballer
- Stelarc, Australian artist (born 1946)

## 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.