Eli
#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births · #104 for boys in 2025, 3,418 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 8,079 births
- Debut · boys
- 73 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 17 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 153,495since 1880
Eli over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,067 | 35 | #104 | 3,418 |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 | #92 | 3,742 |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 | #79 | 4,111 |
| 2022 | #3,703 | 41 | #69 | 4,704 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #64 | 4,913 |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | #60 | 5,281 |
| 2019 | #4,260 | 33 | #62 | 5,539 |
| 2018 | #3,853 | 38 | #57 | 6,094 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | #54 | 6,637 |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | #50 | 7,132 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | #53 | 7,163 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | #49 | 7,513 |
| 2013 | #4,076 | 36 | #43 | 7,952 |
| 2012 | #4,601 | 31 | #43 | 8,079 |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 | #58 | 7,220 |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | #65 | 6,571 |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 | #90 | 4,923 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #99 | 4,526 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #129 | 3,253 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #136 | 2,997 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #152 | 2,699 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 | #156 | 2,557 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #190 | 1,995 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | #193 | 1,953 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | #213 | 1,644 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #227 | 1,496 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #276 | 1,068 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #283 | 1,016 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #309 | 866 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #298 | 891 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #304 | 864 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #302 | 893 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #309 | 877 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #340 | 708 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #341 | 712 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #359 | 667 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #362 | 624 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #372 | 543 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #353 | 550 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #340 | 563 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #342 | 558 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #359 | 507 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #350 | 518 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #357 | 503 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #337 | 550 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #342 | 539 |
| 1979 | — | #353 | 498 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #365 | 441 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #361 | 476 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #397 | 381 |
| 1975 | — | #425 | 338 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #401 | 373 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #425 | 339 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #484 | 264 |
| 1971 | — | #491 | 268 | |
| 1970 | — | #530 | 232 | |
| 1969 | — | #696 | 129 | |
| 1968 | — | #642 | 139 | |
| 1967 | — | #666 | 126 | |
| 1966 | — | #683 | 117 | |
| 1965 | — | #688 | 117 | |
| 1964 | — | #703 | 121 | |
| 1963 | — | #661 | 139 | |
| 1962 | — | #654 | 140 | |
| 1961 | — | #649 | 146 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #639 | 149 |
| 1959 | — | #639 | 146 | |
| 1958 | — | #693 | 117 | |
| 1957 | — | #671 | 129 | |
| 1956 | — | #611 | 153 | |
| 1955 | — | #671 | 119 | |
| 1954 | — | #633 | 135 | |
| 1953 | — | #636 | 126 | |
| 1952 | — | #591 | 140 | |
| 1951 | — | #582 | 142 | |
| 1950 | — | #575 | 139 | |
| 1949 | — | #607 | 125 | |
| 1948 | — | #569 | 137 | |
| 1947 | — | #566 | 143 | |
| 1946 | — | #599 | 116 | |
| 1945 | — | #533 | 125 | |
| 1944 | — | #545 | 124 | |
| 1943 | — | #586 | 118 | |
| 1942 | — | #536 | 130 | |
| 1941 | — | #520 | 130 | |
| 1940 | — | #487 | 140 | |
| 1939 | — | #547 | 110 | |
| 1938 | — | #535 | 119 | |
| 1937 | — | #468 | 144 | |
| 1936 | — | #443 | 161 | |
| 1935 | — | #417 | 175 | |
| 1934 | — | #421 | 176 | |
| 1933 | — | #439 | 157 | |
| 1932 | — | #411 | 186 | |
| 1931 | — | #431 | 174 | |
| 1930 | — | #430 | 190 | |
| 1929 | — | #417 | 198 | |
| 1928 | — | #410 | 215 | |
| 1927 | — | #399 | 224 | |
| 1926 | — | #357 | 266 | |
| 1925 | — | #341 | 291 | |
| 1924 | — | #380 | 247 | |
| 1923 | — | #367 | 260 | |
| 1922 | — | #358 | 275 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #346 | 291 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #376 | 253 |
| 1919 | — | #373 | 241 | |
| 1918 | — | #338 | 286 | |
| 1917 | — | #354 | 246 | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #319 | 271 |
| 1915 | — | #317 | 269 | |
| 1914 | — | #315 | 208 | |
| 1913 | — | #307 | 167 | |
| 1912 | — | #283 | 159 | |
| 1911 | — | #295 | 81 | |
| 1910 | — | #311 | 63 | |
| 1909 | — | #292 | 60 | |
| 1908 | — | #293 | 55 | |
| 1907 | — | #301 | 50 | |
| 1906 | — | #309 | 44 | |
| 1905 | — | #306 | 43 | |
| 1904 | — | #294 | 43 | |
| 1903 | — | #269 | 47 | |
| 1902 | — | #259 | 51 | |
| 1901 | — | #255 | 45 | |
| 1900 | — | #312 | 45 | |
| 1899 | — | #281 | 38 | |
| 1898 | — | #263 | 46 | |
| 1897 | — | #288 | 39 | |
| 1896 | — | #279 | 43 | |
| 1895 | — | #237 | 55 | |
| 1894 | — | #218 | 60 | |
| 1893 | — | #236 | 53 | |
| 1892 | — | #226 | 60 | |
| 1891 | — | #229 | 49 | |
| 1890 | — | #237 | 49 | |
| 1889 | — | #211 | 60 | |
| 1888 | — | #200 | 75 | |
| 1887 | — | #221 | 51 | |
| 1886 | — | #200 | 66 | |
| 1885 | — | #213 | 56 | |
| 1884 | — | #199 | 67 | |
| 1883 | — | #156 | 82 | |
| 1882 | — | #145 | 94 | |
| 1881 | — | #121 | 97 | |
| 1880 | — | #177 | 73 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Eli was already there! It came in at #177, and was given to 73 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1908, when fewer than 56 boys a year got the name.
See more about Eli
- 12 spots since 2024 (#92 → #104)
- 44 spots since 2020 (#60 → #104)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#53 → #104)
- Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1970 (#696 → #530)
- Biggest drop: 67 spots in 1938 (#468 → #535)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2012 at #43 (8,079 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 17 yrs · run 2008–2024
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 235 boys born in 2012 were named Eli (0.43%)
- Latest: 1 in 500 boys born in 2025 (0.20%)
- 45.5% of all boys named Eli (69,900) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #121 (1881) → #703 (1964) → #43 (2012)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 721 | #121 (1881) | #184 |
| 1890s | 492 | #218 (1894) | #249 |
| 1900s | 483 | #255 (1901) | #289 |
| 1910s | 1,991 | #283 (1912) | #321 |
| 1920s | 2,520 | #341 (1925) | #375 |
| 1930s | 1,592 | #411 (1932) | #454 |
| 1940s | 1,288 | #487 (1940) | #555 |
| 1950s | 1,346 | #575 (1950) | #630 |
| 1960s | 1,323 | #639 (1960) | #668 |
| 1970s | 3,610 | #353 (1979) | #423 |
| 1980s | 5,455 | #337 (1981) | #351 |
| 1990s | 8,562 | #276 (1999) | #312 |
| 2000s | 28,043 | #90 (2009) | #159 |
| 2010s | 69,900 | #43 (2012) | #53 |
| 2020s | 26,169 | #60 (2020) | #78 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Eli in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 343,109 of them was named Eli, which outranked 15.0% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,924 names at #10,912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 3,271 of them was named Eli, which outranked 95.7% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).