Eli
Eli is ranked 92nd among boys in 2024 (3,723 births). Its best rank was 43rd, in 2012–2013.
- Rank in 2024
- #92down 13 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,7230.22% of boys
- Peak year
- 20128,076 births
- Best rank
- #43first in 2012
- Since 1880
- 149,990people given the name
The story in the numbers
149,990 boys have been named Eli in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 8,076 births — 0.43% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 49 → 92).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 47%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 17 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Eli | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 721 | |
| 1890s | 492 | |
| 1900s | 483 | |
| 1910s | 1,991 | |
| 1920s | 2,520 | |
| 1930s | 1,592 | |
| 1940s | 1,288 | |
| 1950s | 1,346 | |
| 1960s | 1,323 | |
| 1970s | 3,610 | |
| 1980s | 5,455 | |
| 1990s | 8,560 | |
| 2000s | 28,019 | |
| 2010s | 69,871 | |
| 2020s | 22,719 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Eli was the 43rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Eli
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gibsonpeak 2013
- Uriahpeak 2014
- Landrypeak 2012
- Rylandpeak 2013
- Jaycenpeak 2014
- Carterpeak 2015
- Casonpeak 2014
- Tituspeak 2015
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.