NameTides

Eliot

Eliot was the #1,401 boys' name in the US in 2025 (130 babies), and #1,066 in England & Wales and #316 in Canada.

Eliot as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Eliot as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Eliot as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,401 (130)#1,066 (28)——#316 (105)
2024#1,359 (139)#1,517 (17)—#655 (4)#338 (96)
2023#1,360 (138)#2,008 (11)—#770 (3)#296 (107)
2022#1,322 (142)#1,268 (21)——#271 (118)
2021#1,253 (152)#1,290 (20)—#631 (4)#238 (147)
2020#1,233 (152)#1,273 (20)——#235 (142)
2019#1,193 (160)#1,152 (23)——#264 (132)
2018#1,079 (183)#1,097 (25)——#255 (137)
2017#1,114 (173)#996 (30)——#262 (138)
2016#1,169 (163)#946 (31)——#238 (153)
2015#1,100 (176)#903 (33)——#255 (139)
2014#1,043 (192)#837 (36)——#228 (158)
2013#993 (199)#837 (36)——#230 (155)
2012#942 (216)#866 (35)—#548 (5)#204 (170)
2011#1,056 (178)#759 (41)——#230 (149)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #942.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1905.
  • In 2025, 13% of US babies named Eliot were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Eliot is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eliot 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: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: 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: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,197CAUtah: 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: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Eliot (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#7692
Ontario2024#1,5176

Eliot (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
EliotCanadaBoys#316105
EliotEngland & WalesGirls—too few
EliotEngland & WalesBoys#1,06628
EliotIrelandBoys—too few
EliotNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EliotScotlandBoys—too few
EliotUSGirls#6,11619
EliotUSBoys#1,401130