Eliot
#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · #1,401 for boys in 2025, 130 births
Given to boys 93.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 91 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,892since 1905
Eliot over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,116 | 19 | #1,401 | 130 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #1,359 | 139 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #1,360 | 138 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #1,322 | 142 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #1,253 | 152 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | #1,233 | 152 |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | #1,193 | 160 |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | #1,079 | 183 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #1,114 | 173 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | #1,169 | 163 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | #1,100 | 176 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 | #1,043 | 192 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | #993 | 199 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #942 | 216 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | #1,056 | 178 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 | #958 | 207 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | #1,085 | 171 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #1,227 | 142 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #1,283 | 136 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #1,294 | 128 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | #1,225 | 129 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | #1,152 | 136 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | #1,224 | 119 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #1,281 | 106 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #1,307 | 100 |
| 2000 | — | #1,564 | 76 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,311 | 92 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #1,449 | 78 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,294 | 88 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,314 | 83 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #1,477 | 65 |
| 1994 | — | #1,633 | 56 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,279 | 79 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,162 | 90 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,130 | 94 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #1,201 | 82 |
| 1989 | — | #1,064 | 96 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,239 | 68 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,140 | 70 |
| 1986 | — | #1,299 | 56 | |
| 1985 | — | #934 | 95 | |
| 1984 | — | #985 | 82 | |
| 1983 | — | #800 | 120 | |
| 1982 | — | #965 | 87 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,391 | 46 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,121 | 61 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,335 | 46 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,050 | 63 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,065 | 61 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,311 | 42 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,253 | 43 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,566 | 30 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,272 | 43 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,023 | 63 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,221 | 42 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,119 | 45 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,181 | 40 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,100 | 45 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1963 | — | #921 | 66 | |
| 1962 | — | #862 | 77 | |
| 1961 | — | #813 | 88 | |
| 1960 | — | #799 | 91 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,090 | 50 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,185 | 43 | |
| 1956 | — | #897 | 69 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,033 | 53 | |
| 1954 | — | #973 | 58 | |
| 1953 | — | #999 | 52 | |
| 1952 | — | #915 | 60 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,083 | 44 | |
| 1950 | — | #977 | 50 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,029 | 46 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,378 | 28 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,116 | 42 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,633 | 17 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,529 | 21 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,026 | 43 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,903 | 14 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,433 | 22 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,651 | 19 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,816 | 19 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,165 | 14 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,587 | 21 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,459 | 23 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
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| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Eliot! It came in at #836, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Eliot is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#451 · 1 in 5,183
- Washington#630 · 1 in 5,759
- New York#949 · 1 in 11,374
- California#997 · 1 in 16,120
- Texas#1,400 · 1 in 23,521
Best ever in a state: #176 in Maine, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #451 | 7 | 1 in 5,183 |
| Washington | #630 | 6 | 1 in 5,759 |
| New York | #949 | 10 | 1 in 11,374 |
| California | #997 | 15 | 1 in 16,120 |
| Texas | #1,400 | 7 | 1 in 23,521 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Eliot
- 42 spots since 2024 (#1,359 → #1,401)
- 168 spots since 2020 (#1,233 → #1,401)
- 301 spots since 2015 (#1,100 → #1,401)
- Biggest jump: 730 spots in 1982 (#1,695 → #965)
- Biggest drop: 365 spots in 1986 (#934 → #1,299)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1960 at #799 (91 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1960–1963
- Highest: 1 in 8,782 boys born in 2012 were named Eliot (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,139 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #799 in 1960, was only 1 in 23,432 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.4% of all boys named Eliot (1,847) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 20 | #836 (1905) | #1,164 |
| 1910s | 141 | #1,311 (1913) | #1,661 |
| 1920s | 188 | #1,588 (1921) | #1,827 |
| 1930s | 141 | #1,498 (1933) | #2,049 |
| 1940s | 285 | #1,026 (1942) | #1,381 |
| 1950s | 528 | #897 (1956) | #1,024 |
| 1960s | 581 | #799 (1960) | #1,033 |
| 1970s | 504 | #1,023 (1970) | #1,227 |
| 1980s | 754 | #800 (1983) | #1,151 |
| 1990s | 807 | #1,130 (1991) | #1,325 |
| 2000s | 1,243 | #1,085 (2009) | #1,264 |
| 2010s | 1,847 | #942 (2012) | #1,065 |
| 2020s | 853 | #1,233 (2020) | #1,321 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Eliot in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 20,871 of them was named Eliot, which outranked 88.7% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,303Sabian93
- #1,303Slade93
- #1,303Timmy93
- #1,311Eliot92
- #1,311Case92
- #1,311Iain92
- #1,311Jagger92
- #1,320Blair91
- #1,320Claude91
- #1,320Demetri91
Tied with 8 names at #1,311; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.