Is Elie a boy or girl name?

Elie is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 3,405 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 11.5% were girls and 88.5% were boys.

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Elie

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Elie was most popular in 2009, when 75 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,337 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,305, with 42 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,405 people named Elie.

Elie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Elie’s peak in 2009. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Elie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elie is mostly a boy’s name — 11.5% of the 3,405 Americans given it were girls and 88.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 27% girls and 73% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Elie

Where Elie is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org