Elian
Pronounced EH1 L IY1 AA0 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 29 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Elian?
Elian is a boys' name, and first appears in 1996. It has been given to 14,442 children — the 898th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 1,593 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Ellian and Eleon — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Elian and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Ellian
- Eleon
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EH1 L IY1 AA0 N · EH1 L IY1 AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 110 · 110
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Elian
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Elian
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Elian?
- Elian ranks 898th among boys' names in US records, with 14,442 births since 1996. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,660.
- Is Elian a unisex name?
- No. Elian is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Elian most popular?
- 2024, when 1,593 children were given the name. It has been in use for 29 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Elian spelled?
- Ellian, Eleon. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.