boys:
3.7k births since 1912
#2026 (56th percentile)
overall:
3.7k births since 1912
#4486 (42nd percentile)
The name Elio is the #4,486 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,746 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 42.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,026 (55.8% percentile) for all time with 3,746 births since 1912.
Elio first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Elio is available in 107 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Elio reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 41.1% percentile (ranked #537) with 230 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 230 births per million (ranked 41.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Elio is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #537 (41.1% percentile) with 230 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elio".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Elio. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Elio is pronounced as EH-lee-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-lee-oh, at 9.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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