Elie
Elie is a masculine given name. For the French version, see Élie. Notable people with the name include:
- French
Meaning & Origin of Elie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elie is a masculine given name. For the French version, see Élie. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Elie
As a girl name
Elie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1991, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 24 births, good for #5,457 nationwide. About 40% of every Elie on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Elie ranks #9,327 for girls with 8 births, gradually falling (-13%). All told, over 396 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Elie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1880, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 56 births, good for #2,318 nationwide. As of 2026, Elie ranks #3,010 for boys with 41 births, rising sharply (+25% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Elie
Elie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Elie's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #491. Use the chart and map above to compare Elie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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