Eliot
#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · #1,401 for boys in 2025, 130 births
Given to boys 93.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 91 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,892since 1905
Eliot over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #6,116 | 19 | #1,401 | 130 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #1,359 | 139 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #1,360 | 138 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #1,322 | 142 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #1,253 | 152 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | #1,233 | 152 |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | #1,193 | 160 |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | #1,079 | 183 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #1,114 | 173 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | #1,169 | 163 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | #1,100 | 176 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 | #1,043 | 192 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | #993 | 199 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #942 | 216 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | #1,056 | 178 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 | #958 | 207 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | #1,085 | 171 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #1,227 | 142 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #1,283 | 136 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #1,294 | 128 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | #1,225 | 129 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | #1,152 | 136 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | #1,224 | 119 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #1,281 | 106 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #1,307 | 100 |
| 2000 | — | #1,564 | 76 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,311 | 92 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #1,449 | 78 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,294 | 88 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,314 | 83 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #1,477 | 65 |
| 1994 | — | #1,633 | 56 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,279 | 79 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,162 | 90 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,130 | 94 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #1,201 | 82 |
| 1989 | — | #1,064 | 96 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,239 | 68 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,140 | 70 |
| 1986 | — | #1,299 | 56 | |
| 1985 | — | #934 | 95 | |
| 1984 | — | #985 | 82 | |
| 1983 | — | #800 | 120 | |
| 1982 | — | #965 | 87 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,391 | 46 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,121 | 61 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,335 | 46 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,050 | 63 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,065 | 61 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,311 | 42 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,253 | 43 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,566 | 30 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,272 | 43 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,023 | 63 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,221 | 42 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,119 | 45 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,181 | 40 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,100 | 45 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1963 | — | #921 | 66 | |
| 1962 | — | #862 | 77 | |
| 1961 | — | #813 | 88 | |
| 1960 | — | #799 | 91 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,090 | 50 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,185 | 43 | |
| 1956 | — | #897 | 69 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,033 | 53 | |
| 1954 | — | #973 | 58 | |
| 1953 | — | #999 | 52 | |
| 1952 | — | #915 | 60 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,083 | 44 | |
| 1950 | — | #977 | 50 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,029 | 46 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,378 | 28 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,116 | 42 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,633 | 17 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,529 | 21 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,026 | 43 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,903 | 14 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,433 | 22 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,651 | 19 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,816 | 19 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,165 | 14 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,587 | 21 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,459 | 23 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
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| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Eliot! It came in at #836, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Eliot
- 42 spots since 2024 (#1,359 → #1,401)
- 168 spots since 2020 (#1,233 → #1,401)
- 301 spots since 2015 (#1,100 → #1,401)
- Biggest jump: 730 spots in 1982 (#1,695 → #965)
- Biggest drop: 365 spots in 1986 (#934 → #1,299)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1960 at #799 (91 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1960–1963
- Highest: 1 in 8,782 boys born in 2012 were named Eliot (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,139 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #799 in 1960, was only 1 in 23,432 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.4% of all boys named Eliot (1,847) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 20 | #836 (1905) | #1,164 |
| 1910s | 141 | #1,311 (1913) | #1,661 |
| 1920s | 188 | #1,588 (1921) | #1,827 |
| 1930s | 141 | #1,498 (1933) | #2,049 |
| 1940s | 285 | #1,026 (1942) | #1,381 |
| 1950s | 528 | #897 (1956) | #1,024 |
| 1960s | 581 | #799 (1960) | #1,033 |
| 1970s | 504 | #1,023 (1970) | #1,227 |
| 1980s | 754 | #800 (1983) | #1,151 |
| 1990s | 807 | #1,130 (1991) | #1,325 |
| 2000s | 1,243 | #1,085 (2009) | #1,264 |
| 2010s | 1,847 | #942 (2012) | #1,065 |
| 2020s | 853 | #1,233 (2020) | #1,321 |
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.
Eliot in 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 159,868 of them was named Eliot, which outranked 52.3% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,041Zinnia12
- #7,041Zurisadai12
- #7,041Zykia12
- #7,514Eliot11
- #7,514Aaren11
- #7,514Aarin11
- #7,514Abreanna11
- #8,079Abbe10
- #8,079Adaisha10
- #8,079Adama10
Tied with 564 names at #7,514; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 29,288 of them was named Eliot, which outranked 85.7% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,467Tad66
- #1,467Taquan66
- #1,467Vishal66
- #1,477Eliot65
- #1,477Al65
- #1,477Amin65
- #1,477Basil65
- #1,491Arik64
- #1,491Brantley64
- #1,491Chasen64
Tied with 13 names at #1,477; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.