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

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Peak · boys
1960 · 91 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,892
since 1905

Eliot over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #4,001, 2018peak #799, 1960girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619#1,401130
2024#12,1617#1,359139
2023#12,1977#1,360138
2022#13,5926#1,322142
2021#6,41418#1,253152
2020#5,00325#1,233152
2019#4,90927#1,193160
2018#4,00136#1,079183
2017#4,38432#1,114173
2016#4,85028#1,169163
2015#5,12726#1,100176
2014#4,54431#1,043192
2013#4,75529#993199
2012#5,71023#942216
2011#5,54324#1,056178
2010#4,97428#958207
2009#5,89123#1,085171
2008#6,13022#1,227142
2007#6,55220#1,283136
2006#7,14217#1,294128
2005#5,60022#1,225129
2004#5,20824#1,152136
2003#6,29918#1,224119
2002#7,04515#1,281106
2001#15,3525#1,307100
2000#1,56476
1999#1,31192
1998#10,1228#1,44978
1997#12,0706#1,29488
1996#11,8076#1,31483
1995#7,51411#1,47765
1994#1,63356
1993#1,27979
1992#1,16290
1991#1,13094
1990#12,9585#1,20182
1989#1,06496
1988#1,23968
1987#11,3255#1,14070
1986#1,29956
1985#93495
1984#98582
1983#800120
1982#96587
1981#1,69534
1980#1,39146
1979#1,27052
1978#1,12161
1977#1,33546
1976#1,05063
1975#1,06561
1974#1,31142
1973#1,25343
1972#1,56630
1971#1,27243
1970#1,02363
1969#1,22142
1968#1,11945
1967#1,18140
1966#1,10045
1965#1,16342
1964#1,14745
1963#92166
1962#86277
1961#81388
1960#79991
1959#1,09050
1958#1,09149
1957#1,18543
1956#89769
1955#1,03353
1954#97358
1953#99952
1952#91560
1951#1,08344
1950#97750
1949#1,02946
1948#1,37828
1947#1,11642
1946#1,23632
1945#1,63317
1944#1,52520
1943#1,52921
1942#1,02643
1941#1,90314
1940#1,43322
1939#1,57818
1938#1,52120
1937#2,4799
1936#2,6298
1935#2,02913
1934#2,5639
1933#1,49821
1932#1,65119
1931#2,10113
1930#2,44411
1929#1,84817
1928#2,04815
1927#2,03416
1926#2,07415
1925#1,67921
1924#1,89418
1923#1,81619
1922#1,59123
1921#1,58823
1920#1,69421
1919#1,88217
1918#2,16514
1917#1,58721
1916#1,45923
1915#1,78216
1914#1,34220
1913#1,31116
1912#1,8858
1911#1,5376
1910
1909#1,4405
1908#1,2176
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1905#8369
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First appearance
1905

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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedNHWashington: #655 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,447 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #717 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,541 boysMNIllinois: #767 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 5,819 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedWIMichigan: #843 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,885 boysMINew York: #1,069 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 9,658 boysNYMassachusetts: #350 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,308 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedINOhio: #1,014 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,088 boysOHPennsylvania: #764 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,778 boysPANew Jersey: #845 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,134 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #811 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 8,061 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedUTColorado: #607 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,929 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedWVVirginia: #572 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,156 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,089 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,315 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Eliot, so not publishedHITexas: #1,169 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 12,758 boysTXFlorida: #1,228 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,580 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#350 · 1 in 2,308
  2. Virginia#572 · 1 in 4,156
  3. Colorado#607 · 1 in 3,929
  4. Washington#655 · 1 in 4,447
  5. Minnesota#717 · 1 in 5,541

Best ever in a state: #176 in Maine, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#350131 in 2,308
Virginia#572101 in 4,156
Colorado#60771 in 3,929
Washington#65581 in 4,447
Minnesota#71751 in 5,541
Pennsylvania#76491 in 6,778
Illinois#767121 in 5,819
California#811291 in 8,061
Michigan#84371 in 6,885
New Jersey#84561 in 7,134
Ohio#1,01461 in 10,088
New York#1,069111 in 9,658
Georgia#1,08961 in 9,315
Texas#1,169141 in 12,758
Florida#1,22881 in 11,580
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1905
  • Peaked 1960 at #799 (91 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1960–1963
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,782
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 23.4% of all boys named Eliot (1,847) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s20#836 (1905)#1,164
1910s141#1,311 (1913)#1,661
1920s188#1,588 (1921)#1,827
1930s141#1,498 (1933)#2,049
1940s285#1,026 (1942)#1,381
1950s528#897 (1956)#1,024
1960s581#799 (1960)#1,033
1970s504#1,023 (1970)#1,227
1980s754#800 (1983)#1,151
1990s807#1,130 (1991)#1,325
2000s1,243#1,085 (2009)#1,264
2010s1,847#942 (2012)#1,065
2020s853#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 2010

girls
#4,974
28 births · 1 in 63,486 girls
boys
#958
207 births · 1 in 9,269 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #4,974Eliot28

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #958Eliot207
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 63,486 of them was named Eliot, which outranked 74.9% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eliot
  1. #4,860Yuritzi29
  2. #4,860Zamari29
  3. #4,860Zyriah29
  4. #4,974Eliot28
  5. #4,974Adelaida28
  6. #4,974Adithi28
  7. #4,974Adreana28
  8. #5,108Aariana27
  9. #5,108Adalyne27
  10. #5,108Adi27

Tied with 133 names at #4,974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 9,269 of them was named Eliot, which outranked 93.3% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eliot
  1. #953Menachem210
  2. #956Antony209
  3. #957Dangelo208
  4. #958Eliot207
  5. #958Cain207
  6. #958Camdyn207
  7. #961Hugh206
  8. #961Makhi206
  9. #961Pranav206

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,631Bentlee#3,476#845
  2. 1,735Jencarlos#2,663#928
  3. 1,536Bently#2,203#667
  4. 940Callen#1,638#698
  5. 892Bode#1,665#773
Fallers
  1. 314Dereon#953#1,267
  2. 290Aaden#271#561
  3. 248Landin#935#1,183
  4. 229Rigoberto#920#1,149
  5. 191Dillan#793#984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010