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

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Peak · boys
#43
2012 · 8,079 births
Debut · boys
1880
73 births
In top 100 · boys
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
153,495
since 1880

Eli over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #43, 2012boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,06735#1043,418
2024#3,51644#923,742
2023#4,65529#794,111
2022#3,70341#694,704
2021#4,60729#644,913
2020#4,54829#605,281
2019#4,26033#625,539
2018#3,85338#576,094
2017#5,51723#546,637
2016#4,34533#507,132
2015#4,98127#537,163
2014#5,79722#497,513
2013#4,07636#437,952
2012#4,60131#438,079
2011#3,84339#587,220
2010#4,60831#656,571
2009#4,80530#904,923
2008#6,55920#994,526
2007#6,55220#1293,253
2006#5,90622#1362,997
2005#6,52818#1522,699
2004#3,49042#1562,557
2003#6,88516#1901,995
2002#6,12918#1931,953
2001#5,36421#2131,644
2000#9,8749#2271,496
1999#6,19116#2761,068
1998#5,36319#2831,016
1997#7,28312#309866
1996#9,5818#298891
1995#5,67716#304864
1994#6,31914#302893
1993#6,26414#309877
1992#7,06712#340708
1991#6,58813#341712
1990#9,2478#359667
1989#8,0379#362624
1988#6,66611#372543
1987#9,8256#353550
1986#10,9125#340563
1985#6,45710#342558
1984#8,1537#359507
1983#5,45712#350518
1982#6,37110#357503
1981#10,4115#337550
1980#6,7899#342539
1979—#353498
1978#8,5626#365441
1977#7,5677#361476
1976#4,90512#397381
1975—#425338
1974#8,7755#401373
1973#6,6667#425339
1972#8,2925#484264
1971—#491268
1970—#530232
1969—#696129
1968—#642139
1967—#666126
1966—#683117
1965—#688117
1964—#703121
1963—#661139
1962—#654140
1961—#649146
1960#6,3905#639149
1959—#639146
1958—#693117
1957—#671129
1956—#611153
1955—#671119
1954—#633135
1953—#636126
1952—#591140
1951—#582142
1950—#575139
1949—#607125
1948—#569137
1947—#566143
1946—#599116
1945—#533125
1944—#545124
1943—#586118
1942—#536130
1941—#520130
1940—#487140
1939—#547110
1938—#535119
1937—#468144
1936—#443161
1935—#417175
1934—#421176
1933—#439157
1932—#411186
1931—#431174
1930—#430190
1929—#417198
1928—#410215
1927—#399224
1926—#357266
1925—#341291
1924—#380247
1923—#367260
1922—#358275
1921#5,0995#346291
1920#3,9577#376253
1919—#373241
1918—#338286
1917—#354246
1916#3,9196#319271
1915—#317269
1914—#315208
1913—#307167
1912—#283159
1911—#29581
1910—#31163
1909—#29260
1908—#29355
1907—#30150
1906—#30944
1905—#30643
1904—#29443
1903—#26947
1902—#25951
1901—#25545
1900—#31245
1899—#28138
1898—#26346
1897—#28839
1896—#27943
1895—#23755
1894—#21860
1893—#23653
1892—#22660
1891—#22949
1890—#23749
1889—#21160
1888—#20075
1887—#22151
1886—#20066
1885—#21356
1884—#19967
1883—#15682
1882—#14594
1881—#12197
1880—#17773
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
132 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2012 at #43 (8,079 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 2008–2024
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 235
  • Highest: 1 in 235 boys born in 2012 were named Eli (0.43%)
  • Latest: 1 in 500 boys born in 2025 (0.20%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.5% of all boys named Eli (69,900) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #121 (1881) → #703 (1964) → #43 (2012)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s721#121 (1881)#184
1890s492#218 (1894)#249
1900s483#255 (1901)#289
1910s1,991#283 (1912)#321
1920s2,520#341 (1925)#375
1930s1,592#411 (1932)#454
1940s1,288#487 (1940)#555
1950s1,346#575 (1950)#630
1960s1,323#639 (1960)#668
1970s3,610#353 (1979)#423
1980s5,455#337 (1981)#351
1990s8,562#276 (1999)#312
2000s28,043#90 (2009)#159
2010s69,900#43 (2012)#53
2020s26,169#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 1992

girls
#7,067
12 births · 1 in 153,661 girls
boys
#340
708 births · 1 in 2,821 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #7,067Eli12

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #340Eli708
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 153,661 of them was named Eli, which outranked 54.7% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eli
  1. #6,652Yomaira13
  2. #6,652Young13
  3. #6,652Zakiyah13
  4. #7,067Eli12
  5. #7,067Adoria12
  6. #7,067Adrain12
  7. #7,067Adrea12
  8. #7,512Abbe11
  9. #7,512Abbigale11
  10. #7,512Abena11

Tied with 444 names at #7,067; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 2,821 of them was named Eli, which outranked 96.5% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eli
  1. #337Ernest721
  2. #338Eugene716
  3. #339Fabian709
  4. #340Eli708
  5. #341Dale703
  6. #342Elias698
  7. #343Glenn696
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992 →