NameTides

Eli

Eli was the #104 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,418 babies), and #137 in England & Wales and #75 in Canada.

Eli as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Eli as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaUSEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Eli as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#104 (3,418)#137 (373)#190 (22)#90 (26)#207 (23)#75 (370)#89 (97)#83 (88)
2024#92 (3,742)#135 (394)#227 (18)#73 (33)#144 (36)#69 (394)#52 (140)#65 (115)
2023#79 (4,111)#133 (407)#159 (29)#87 (29)#109 (53)#55 (452)#56 (131)—
2022#69 (4,704)#117 (470)#156 (32)#67 (39)#135 (44)#50 (495)#59 (139)—
2021#64 (4,913)#105 (570)#160 (31)#75 (39)#99 (64)#48 (544)#64 (146)#64 (107)
2020#60 (5,281)#110 (529)#146 (36)#59 (47)#120 (51)#47 (561)#54 (164)#59 (117)
2019#62 (5,539)#107 (587)#121 (48)#74 (43)#92 (72)#46 (573)#59 (154)#61 (120)
2018#57 (6,094)#111 (556)#142 (43)#79 (37)#129 (48)#57 (549)#53 (164)#59 (108)
2017#54 (6,637)#105 (605)#173 (32)#64 (49)#108 (61)#53 (606)#52 (168)#54 (121)
2016#50 (7,132)#105 (619)#143 (41)#120 (25)#104 (66)#57 (589)#69 (153)#61 (105)
2015#53 (7,163)#119 (538)#154 (37)#95 (32)#122 (56)#60 (557)#58 (167)#69 (86)
2014#49 (7,513)#123 (513)#170 (34)#124 (24)#127 (52)#60 (591)#63 (164)#70 (88)
2013#43 (7,952)#134 (440)#215 (22)#103 (29)#131 (48)#61 (551)#57 (173)#63 (113)
2012#43 (8,079)#145 (402)#208 (24)#156 (17)#153 (45)#70 (512)#54 (188)#83 (85)
2011#58 (7,220)#164 (350)#211 (22)#139 (20)#165 (41)#88 (445)#45 (201)#72 (95)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #43.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 500common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 730common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 890common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 320common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 430common

Next year

On its recent trend, Eli is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 550 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 520 to 1 in 570.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eli by state, 2025Alaska: #65AKMaine: #47MEWisconsin: #80WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #99NHWashington: #107WAIdaho: #97IDMontana: #109MTNorth Dakota: #93NDMinnesota: #116MNIllinois: #115ILMichigan: #104MINew York: #67NYMassachusetts: #94MAOregon: #163ORNevada: #109NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #92IAIndiana: #118INOhio: #114OHPennsylvania: #90PANew Jersey: #78NJConnecticut: #109CTRhode Island: #177RICalifornia: #117CAUtah: #90UTColorado: #102CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #98MOKentucky: #121KYWest Virginia: #74WVVirginia: #95VAMaryland: #124MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #123AZNew Mexico: #88NMKansas: #80KSArkansas: #92ARTennessee: #103TNNorth Carolina: #122NCSouth Carolina: #104SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #91OKLouisiana: #75LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #101ALGeorgia: #121GAHawaii: #90HITexas: #110TXFlorida: #102FL
Eli (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#45126
Ontario2024#115110

Eli (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EliCanadaGirls—too few
EliCanadaBoys#75370
EliEngland & WalesGirls—too few
EliEngland & WalesBoys#137373
EliIrelandBoys#20723
EliNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EliNorthern IrelandBoys#9026
EliNSWBoys#8997
EliScotlandBoys#19022
EliUSGirls#4,06735
EliUSBoys#1043,418
EliVICBoys#8388