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Ellia

Feminine

1921high 2017
#2438 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare73 girls in 2025

Ellia joins Ella to an -ia ending, and Ella descends from a Germanic element meaning all or whole.

How old is the name Ellia?

Ellia first appears in US birth records in 1921 — 104 years ago. The typical Ellia is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,800 people named Ellia are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Ellia most popular?

Ellia peaked in 2018, reaching #1717 nationally. Today it ranks #2438, 721 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Ellia

Our story of Ellia is a story of a short name lengthened. Ella came to England with the Normans from a Germanic element meaning 'all', and separately serves as a short form of Eleanor and Ellen, whose own meanings nobody has recovered. American families added -ia in the 2000s, producing Ellia, Elliana and Elia. One possible parent has a meaning; the others do not, and the compound is recent.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

Through Ella, from the Germanic alia, 'all' or 'whole', or as a short form of Eleanor and Ellen — whose meanings are unrecovered. The -ia ending is a modern Latinate addition. Which parent applies is not determinable.

How the name formed

  1. alia
  2. Ella
  3. Ellia

Related forms: Elia · Ella

Pronouncing Ellia

EL-ee-uh

Three syllables, stress on the first. Ellia and Elia are said nearly identically.

Nicknames for Ellia

Moderate

EllaThe front of the name, and a name in its own right that is fully current
ElleA shorter form, and a name of its own with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1921–20251236201237319212025

US babies named Ellia per year from 1921 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#17171920s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1921
Most girls named
2017123 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1717reached in 2018
Change vs 2024
−24.7%73 in 2025, from 97
Ellia sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2017, with 123 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Ellia in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Elia in English — spelling variant
  • Ella in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.

Ellias among us

1,800

people named Ellia are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 22,017 born in 2025 was named Ellia

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Ellia

#2438
Ellia on the 2025 chart
#539
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ellia went to 73 girls in 2025, but Elia, Eliyah and Eliya and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 8 spellings went to 466, which makes it the 539th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,899 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 3,449 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,017 for Ellia itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Kaycie test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ellia's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kaycie climbed just as high around 1989, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kaycie's path sketches the road Ellia is walking now.

40%chance Ellia will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Ellia, aligned on its peakKaycie· peak 1989not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+40 yrsKaycie · #4036Ellia today
Ellia today is about where Kaycie stood in 1996 — 7 years past a #1717-sized peak. By 2011, Kaycie had settled around #3503.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Ellia sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Ellia is headed

19212030

US babies named Ellia per year, 1921 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Ellia should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady0% by 2030projected around #2,542 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Ellia beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Ellia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Elliathis name73#2438Amaira73#2438Rorie73#2438Saniya73#2438Tamar73#2438

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Ella and Elle are two short forms, both fully current names.
  • The all-and-whole meaning is strong where that parent applies.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • Most of the possible parent names have unrecovered meanings.
  • Elia and Ellia are both in circulation.
  • The compound is modern rather than inherited.

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Frequently asked

How many Ellias are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Ellia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Ellia?
Ellia is one of 8 recorded spellings. Elia is the more common one — 263 births in 2025 against 73 for Ellia.
How popular is the name Ellia in 2025?
Ellia ranks #2438 among US girl names in 2025, with 73 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Ellia?
About 1 in every 22,017 US girls born in 2025 was named Ellia — 73 in all.
Will my child share the name Ellia with classmates?
Ellia will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Ellia

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Amaira#2438 · Rorie#2438 · Saniya#2438 · Tamar#2438 · Zena#2438 · Amaryllis#2438 · Mable#2438 · Geraldine#2438

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