NameTides

Eliel

Eliel was the #585 boys' name in the US in 2025 (503 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales and #943 in Canada.

Eliel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Eliel 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Eliel 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#585 (503)#1,897 (13)#943 (27)
2024#584 (489)#1,322 (20)#1,205 (19)
2023#834 (292)#2,326 (9)#1,947 (9)
2022#813 (306)#3,049 (6)#1,415 (14)
2021#854 (275)—#1,406 (14)
2020#746 (325)#2,228 (9)—
2019#662 (400)#2,728 (7)#1,998 (8)
2018#1,135 (170)#3,959 (4)—
2017#1,460 (116)#3,449 (5)#2,439 (6)
2016#1,389 (126)#2,556 (8)#1,988 (8)
2015#1,416 (121)—#2,715 (5)
2014#1,344 (128)#2,964 (6)—
2013#1,305 (132)—#2,606 (5)
2012#1,355 (125)——
2011#1,327 (128)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #585.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 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 3,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Eliel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eliel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #532ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #424NYMassachusetts: #307MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #949INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: #363NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #591CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #398CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #251MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #392AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #498NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #625GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #461TXFlorida: #602FL
Eliel (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#4639
Ontario2024#1,2178

Eliel (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
ElielCanadaBoys#94327
ElielEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
ElielNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ElielUSGirls—too few
ElielUSBoys#585503