NameTides

Eliab

Eliab was the #2,480 boys' name in the US in 2025 (54 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales.

Eliab as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Eliab as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Eliab as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,480 (54)#3,684 (5)—
2024#2,444 (56)#1,952 (12)#1,764 (11)
2023#2,221 (64)#1,800 (13)#1,687 (11)
2022#1,720 (98)#2,530 (8)#1,895 (9)
2021#2,321 (59)#1,516 (16)#2,260 (7)
2020#2,546 (50)#2,404 (8)#1,838 (9)
2019#2,897 (42)#2,728 (7)#2,440 (6)
2018#2,507 (51)#4,749 (3)#2,176 (7)
2017#3,006 (39)#2,512 (8)#1,852 (9)
2016#2,661 (46)#4,023 (4)#2,182 (7)
2015#3,231 (35)—#2,139 (7)
2014#3,371 (32)——
2013#3,753 (27)—#2,086 (7)
2012#3,371 (32)#3,987 (4)—
2011#4,110 (24)#3,830 (4)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,720.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 31,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 31,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Eliab is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 52,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eliab by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Eliab (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EliabCanadaBoys—too few
EliabEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
EliabNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EliabUSBoys#2,48054