Elias
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of biblical origin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Elias (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elias has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2007. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 398 |
| 1999 | 492 |
| 2000 | 597 |
| 2001 | 696 |
| 2002 | 871 |
| 2003 | 919 |
| 2004 | 914 |
| 2005 | 983 |
| 2006 | 1,035 |
| 2007 | 1,036 |
| 2008 | 947 |
| 2009 | 994 |
| 2010 | 875 |
| 2011 | 817 |
| 2012 | 753 |
| 2013 | 658 |
| 2014 | 698 |
| 2015 | 712 |
| 2016 | 641 |
| 2017 | 650 |
| 2018 | 672 |
| 2019 | 703 |
| 2020 | 625 |
| 2021 | 562 |
| 2022 | 531 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 4,409 |
| 2000 | – | 4,996 |
| 2001 | – | 5,696 |
| 2002 | – | 6,559 |
| 2003 | – | 7,467 |
| 2004 | – | 8,373 |
| 2005 | – | 9,341 |
| 2006 | – | 10,354 |
| 2007 | – | 11,384 |
| 2008 | – | 12,425 |
| 2009 | – | 13,452 |
| 2010 | – | 14,347 |
| 2011 | – | 15,196 |
| 2012 | 11 | 15,984 |
| 2013 | 14 | 16,716 |
| 2014 | 16 | 17,538 |
| 2015 | 14 | 18,313 |
| 2016 | 22 | 19,110 |
| 2017 | 24 | 19,851 |
| 2018 | 26 | 20,611 |
| 2019 | 26 | 21,393 |
| 2020 | 30 | 22,040 |
Elias in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elias.Hi! My name is Elias.
- Elias bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Elias lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Elias har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Elias has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Elias mamma är lärare.Elias's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elias mamma is Elias's mum. Because Elias already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Elias
How do you pronounce Elias in Swedish?
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What does the name Elias mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of biblical origin.
How popular is Elias in Sweden?
531 babies were named Elias in 2022. In 2020, 22,070 people in Sweden had Elias as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2007 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.