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 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#234 · 1 in 940
- Oregon#428 · 1 in 2,248
- Wisconsin#500 · 1 in 3,013
- Kentucky#588 · 1 in 4,441
- South Carolina#651 · 1 in 4,242
Best ever in a state: #176 in Maine, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #234 | 5 | 1 in 940 |
| Oregon | #428 | 8 | 1 in 2,248 |
| Wisconsin | #500 | 9 | 1 in 3,013 |
| Kentucky | #588 | 5 | 1 in 4,441 |
| South Carolina | #651 | 5 | 1 in 4,242 |
| Massachusetts | #709 | 5 | 1 in 5,872 |
| Pennsylvania | #721 | 10 | 1 in 5,975 |
| Tennessee | #755 | 6 | 1 in 5,928 |
| Missouri | #778 | 5 | 1 in 6,351 |
| Illinois | #829 | 10 | 1 in 6,591 |
| North Carolina | #846 | 7 | 1 in 7,201 |
| Michigan | #848 | 7 | 1 in 6,856 |
| New York | #851 | 15 | 1 in 6,832 |
| Washington | #902 | 5 | 1 in 7,133 |
| Texas | #955 | 20 | 1 in 9,013 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 6 | 1 in 9,945 |
| California | #1,130 | 17 | 1 in 13,354 |
| Florida | #1,419 | 6 | 1 in 15,567 |
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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 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 60,508 of them was named Eliot, which outranked 75.3% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,645Zaylie30
- #4,645Zeina30
- #4,645Zissy30
- #4,755Eliot29
- #4,755Aishwarya29
- #4,755Akshaya29
- #4,755Alainah29
- #4,887Aamira28
- #4,887Adalae28
- #4,887Aerilyn28
Tied with 131 names at #4,755; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 9,505 of them was named Eliot, which outranked 92.9% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).