girl's name

Aelia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,434

Aelia is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 2016, when 75 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 58,952 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1996.

Aelia over time

Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Aelia by decade in France
Decade Births
1990s 15
2000s 315
2010s 560
2020s (to 2025) 325

How popular is Aelia?

In 2025, Aelia was given to 10 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Aelia is used

France as Aélia #1,115 60 in 2025
Canada #3,233 6 in 2024
England & Wales #5,493 4 in 2025
United States #6,423 18 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Aelia is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Aélia Aélia is Aelia written with an acute accent, used in France, where it ranks #1,115. 445
Aëlia Aëlia is Aelia written with a diaeresis, used in France, where it ranks #1,576. 205

Names that peaked alongside Aelia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Aelia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aelia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Aelia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aelia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Aelia

How popular is the name Aelia?

In 2025, Aelia was given to 10 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Is Aelia a girl's or a boy's name?

Aelia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Aelia most popular?

Aelia peaked in 2016, when 75 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Aelia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aelia currently ranks #1,115 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.