Eliud

Eliud was the #5,208 boys' name in the US in 2025 (18 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Eliud as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Eliud 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.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Eliud 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.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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#5,208 (18)#4,275 (4)#3,153 (5)
2024#4,200 (25)—#3,072 (5)
2023#3,474 (33)——
2022#4,701 (21)#4,002 (4)—
2021#4,362 (23)#3,990 (4)—
2020#3,202 (35)#3,848 (4)—
2019#3,103 (38)——
2018#3,793 (28)——
2017#3,312 (34)——
2016#3,990 (26)#4,810 (3)—
2015#3,231 (35)——
2014#3,456 (31)——
2013#3,964 (25)——
2012#3,115 (36)——
2011#3,695 (28)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #2,256.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1931.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 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 91,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Eliud is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 75,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 46,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EliudCanadaBoys#3,1535
EliudEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
EliudUSBoys#5,20818