Given name & surname
Elio
Elio is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Spanish and Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,174
- 5,174 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 818 babies
- 2025
- 818
- #388 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +312%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 818 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 388 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 312.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (244). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,140 as a first name in 2020; 243 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elio’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Elio has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Élio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Elio
- Elio Di RupoBelgian politician (born 1951)
- Elio VittoriniItalian writer and novelist (1908–1966)
- Elio de AngelisItalian racing driver (1958-1986)
- Elio PetriItalian filmmaker (1929–1982)
- Elio SgrecciaCatholic cardinal (1928–2019)
- Elio GermanoItalian actorborn 1980
- Elio ToaffItalian rabbi (1915–2015)
- Tony RenisItalian singerborn 1938
- Elio CapradossiItalian footballerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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