Spellings
Elias or Elyas?
In the US in 2025, 98% of babies in this name family were spelled Elias and 2% Elyas. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Elias already led in 2015, with 99% of the family's births; it has 98% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 4,158 to 8,993 births (×2).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elias | 4,101 | 8,837 | ×2 |
| Elyas | 57 | 156 | ×3 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ɪˈlaɪəs/ (ih-LY-us). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Elias 510 births (#116 among boys) and Elyas 215 births (#252 among boys).
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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