Eloy

#2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births

Peak · boys
1946 · 86 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,325
since 1908

Eloy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Eloy has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #700, 1946boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,99141
2024#2,67449
2023#3,05540
2022#3,10039
2021#2,65248
2020#2,61748
2019#2,62649
2018#2,47252
2017#2,34555
2016#2,78343
2015#2,52849
2014#2,31756
2013#2,36453
2012#2,35854
2011#2,28456
2010#2,26257
2009#2,25258
2008#1,96972
2007#1,86177
2006#1,94369
2005#1,60385
2004#1,379104
2003#1,65675
2002#1,41492
2001#1,265105
2000#1,44885
1999#1,227102
1998#1,205102
1997#1,24293
1996#1,18097
1995#1,034116
1994#1,119102
1993#1,007118
1992#1,077104
1991#1,063104
1990#1,23879
1989#1,19780
1988#1,08384
1987#1,05482
1986#96590
1985#95092
1984#871102
1983#97282
1982#876103
1981#865105
1980#94590
1979#826111
1978#88095
1977#853101
1976#83899
1975#796109
1974#802100
1973#776105
1972#84690
1971#778109
1970#806101
1969#79495
1968#83476
1967#76591
1966#75793
1965#75995
1964#81585
1963#81686
1962#729110
1961#82586
1960#726112
1959#76699
1958#721106
1957#747101
1956#74996
1955#81880
1954#86871
1953#76885
1952#75587
1951#71694
1950#77877
1949#76481
1948#72985
1947#74884
1946#70086
1945#71872
1944#86154
1943#77371
1942#88855
1941#89850
1940#80260
1939#86750
1938#92746
1937#90647
1936#86150
1935#85853
1934#76265
1933#78261
1932#92449
1931#84156
1930#88556
1929#90055
1928#95051
1927#89857
1926#1,21935
1925#1,01246
1924#91658
1923#1,08743
1922#99151
1921#1,00249
1920#94054
1919#1,20734
1918#1,34328
1917#1,32227
1916#1,64619
1915#1,24128
1914#1,26022
1913#1,44114
1912#1,13717
1911#1,2908
1910
1909#1,0209
1908#1,2176
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First appearance
1908

The first year at least five boys were named Eloy! It came in at #1,217, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Eloy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 317 spots since 2024 (#2,674#2,991)
  • 374 spots since 2020 (#2,617#2,991)
  • 463 spots since 2015 (#2,528#2,991)
  • Biggest jump: 321 spots in 1927 (#1,219#898)
  • Biggest drop: 119 spots in 1980 (#826#945)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 1946 at #700 (86 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1927–1986
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,324
  • Highest: 1 in 14,324 boys born in 1975 were named Eloy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #700 in 1946, was only 1 in 18,884 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 12.3% of all boys named Eloy (1,020) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s15#1,020 (1909)#1,119
1910s197#1,137 (1912)#1,321
1920s499#898 (1927)#992
1930s533#762 (1934)#861
1940s698#700 (1946)#788
1950s896#716 (1951)#769
1960s929#726 (1960)#782
1970s1,020#776 (1973)#820
1980s910#865 (1981)#978
1990s1,017#1,007 (1993)#1,139
2000s822#1,265 (2001)#1,679
2010s524#2,262 (2010)#2,434
2020s265#2,617 (2020)#2,848

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.

Eloy in 1946

boys
#700
86 births · 1 in 18,884 boys

Top boys' names in 1946

  1. #1James87,438
  2. #2Robert84,136
  3. #3John79,267
  4. #4William60,034
  5. #5Richard58,870
  6. #6David46,444
  7. #7Michael41,194
  8. #8Thomas38,877
  9. #9Charles38,215
  10. #10Ronald31,858
  11. #700Eloy86
More about 1946

boys

1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 18,884 of them was named Eloy, which outranked 82.6% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eloy
  1. #695Hiram87
  2. #695Reynold87
  3. #695Timmy87
  4. #700Eloy86
  5. #700Mcarthur86
  6. #700Mel86
  7. #700Stanton86
  8. #704Alphonse85
  9. #704Ian85
  10. #704Leigh85

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. 584Zachary#1,536#952
  2. 514Patric#1,494#980
  3. 385Kris#1,296#911
  4. 385Rich#1,296#911
  5. 380Furman#1,270#890
Fallers
  1. 469Layton#971#1,440
  2. 438Farris#971#1,409
  3. 394Delano#558#952
  4. 312Leopoldo#864#1,176
  5. 290Rosevelt#927#1,217

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

See the top 100 for 1946