Given name
Aelia
Aelia is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aelia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 159
- 0 boys · 159 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #6,330 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +170%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,330 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 169.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aelia’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aelia
- Aelia EudociaGreek Eastern Roman Empress by marriage to Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (c.401-460)
- Aelia EudoxiaEmpress consort of the Byzantine Emperor Arcadius301–404
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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