Eli
#229 most common boys' name of all time · #495 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#229
Rank overall
#495 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
154,512
Since 2016
51,905
Peak year
2012 #43
Best rank
#43 2012
Girls
Boys
peak 8,110/yr
Eli is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 3,418 | 3,453 | #104 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3,742 | 3,786 | #92 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,111 | 4,140 | #79 |
| 2022 | 41 | 4,704 | 4,745 | #69 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4,913 | 4,942 | #64 |
| 2020 | 29 | 5,281 | 5,310 | #60 |
| 2019 | 33 | 5,539 | 5,572 | #62 |
| 2018 | 38 | 6,094 | 6,132 | #57 |
| 2017 | 23 | 6,637 | 6,660 | #54 |
| 2016 | 33 | 7,132 | 7,165 | #50 |
| 2015 | 27 | 7,163 | 7,190 | #53 |
| 2014 | 22 | 7,513 | 7,535 | #49 |
| 2013 | 36 | 7,952 | 7,988 | #43 |
| 2012 | 31 | 8,079 | 8,110 | #43 |
| 2011 | 39 | 7,220 | 7,259 | #58 |
| 2010 | 31 | 6,571 | 6,602 | #65 |
| 2009 | 30 | 4,923 | 4,953 | #90 |
| 2008 | 20 | 4,526 | 4,546 | #99 |
| 2007 | 20 | 3,253 | 3,273 | #129 |
| 2006 | 22 | 2,997 | 3,019 | #136 |
| 2005 | 18 | 2,699 | 2,717 | #152 |
| 2004 | 42 | 2,557 | 2,599 | #156 |
| 2003 | 16 | 1,995 | 2,011 | #190 |
| 2002 | 18 | 1,953 | 1,971 | #193 |
| 2001 | 21 | 1,644 | 1,665 | #213 |
| 2000 | 9 | 1,496 | 1,505 | #227 |
| 1999 | 16 | 1,068 | 1,084 | #276 |
| 1998 | 19 | 1,016 | 1,035 | #283 |
| 1997 | 12 | 866 | 878 | #309 |
| 1996 | 8 | 891 | 899 | #298 |
| 1995 | 16 | 864 | 880 | #304 |
| 1994 | 14 | 893 | 907 | #302 |
| 1993 | 14 | 877 | 891 | #309 |
| 1992 | 12 | 708 | 720 | #340 |
| 1991 | 13 | 712 | 725 | #341 |
| 1990 | 8 | 667 | 675 | #359 |
| 1989 | 9 | 624 | 633 | #362 |
| 1988 | 11 | 543 | 554 | #372 |
| 1987 | 6 | 550 | 556 | #353 |
| 1986 | 5 | 563 | 568 | #340 |
| 1985 | 10 | 558 | 568 | #342 |
| 1984 | 7 | 507 | 514 | #359 |
| 1983 | 12 | 518 | 530 | #350 |
| 1982 | 10 | 503 | 513 | #357 |
| 1981 | 5 | 550 | 555 | #337 |
| 1980 | 9 | 539 | 548 | #342 |
| 1979 | — | 498 | 498 | #353 |
| 1978 | 6 | 441 | 447 | #365 |
| 1977 | 7 | 476 | 483 | #361 |
| 1976 | 12 | 381 | 393 | #397 |
| 1975 | — | 338 | 338 | #425 |
| 1974 | 5 | 373 | 378 | #401 |
| 1973 | 7 | 339 | 346 | #425 |
| 1972 | 5 | 264 | 269 | #484 |
| 1971 | — | 268 | 268 | #491 |
| 1970 | — | 232 | 232 | #530 |
| 1969 | — | 129 | 129 | #696 |
| 1968 | — | 139 | 139 | #642 |
| 1967 | — | 126 | 126 | #666 |
| 1966 | — | 117 | 117 | #683 |
| 1965 | — | 117 | 117 | #688 |
| 1964 | — | 121 | 121 | #703 |
| 1963 | — | 139 | 139 | #661 |
| 1962 | — | 140 | 140 | #655 |
| 1961 | — | 146 | 146 | #649 |
| 1960 | 5 | 149 | 154 | #639 |
| 1959 | — | 146 | 146 | #639 |
| 1958 | — | 117 | 117 | #693 |
| 1957 | — | 129 | 129 | #672 |
| 1956 | — | 153 | 153 | #611 |
| 1955 | — | 119 | 119 | #671 |
| 1954 | — | 135 | 135 | #633 |
| 1953 | — | 126 | 126 | #637 |
| 1952 | — | 140 | 140 | #591 |
| 1951 | — | 142 | 142 | #583 |
| 1950 | — | 139 | 139 | #575 |
| 1949 | — | 125 | 125 | #607 |
| 1948 | — | 137 | 137 | #569 |
| 1947 | — | 143 | 143 | #566 |
| 1946 | — | 116 | 116 | #599 |
| 1945 | — | 125 | 125 | #533 |
| 1944 | — | 124 | 124 | #545 |
| 1943 | — | 118 | 118 | #586 |
| 1942 | — | 130 | 130 | #536 |
| 1941 | — | 130 | 130 | #520 |
| 1940 | — | 140 | 140 | #488 |
| 1939 | — | 110 | 110 | #547 |
| 1938 | — | 119 | 119 | #535 |
| 1937 | — | 144 | 144 | #470 |
| 1936 | — | 161 | 161 | #443 |
| 1935 | — | 175 | 175 | #418 |
| 1934 | — | 176 | 176 | #421 |
| 1933 | — | 157 | 157 | #439 |
| 1932 | — | 186 | 186 | #411 |
| 1931 | — | 174 | 174 | #431 |
| 1930 | — | 190 | 190 | #430 |
| 1929 | — | 198 | 198 | #418 |
| 1928 | — | 215 | 215 | #410 |
| 1927 | — | 224 | 224 | #399 |
| 1926 | — | 266 | 266 | #358 |
| 1925 | — | 291 | 291 | #341 |
| 1924 | — | 247 | 247 | #380 |
| 1923 | — | 260 | 260 | #367 |
| 1922 | — | 275 | 275 | #358 |
| 1921 | 5 | 291 | 296 | #349 |
| 1920 | 7 | 253 | 260 | #376 |
| 1919 | — | 241 | 241 | #373 |
| 1918 | — | 286 | 286 | #338 |
| 1917 | — | 246 | 246 | #355 |
| 1916 | 6 | 271 | 277 | #319 |
| 1915 | — | 269 | 269 | #317 |
| 1914 | — | 208 | 208 | #315 |
| 1913 | — | 167 | 167 | #309 |
| 1912 | — | 159 | 159 | #284 |
| 1911 | — | 81 | 81 | #295 |
| 1910 | — | 63 | 63 | #312 |
| 1909 | — | 60 | 60 | #293 |
| 1908 | — | 55 | 55 | #293 |
| 1907 | — | 50 | 50 | #302 |
| 1906 | — | 44 | 44 | #310 |
| 1905 | — | 43 | 43 | #308 |
| 1904 | — | 43 | 43 | #296 |
| 1903 | — | 47 | 47 | #270 |
| 1902 | — | 51 | 51 | #259 |
| 1901 | — | 45 | 45 | #255 |
| 1900 | — | 45 | 45 | #313 |
| 1899 | — | 38 | 38 | #282 |
| 1898 | — | 46 | 46 | #263 |
| 1897 | — | 39 | 39 | #288 |
| 1896 | — | 43 | 43 | #279 |
| 1895 | — | 55 | 55 | #237 |
| 1894 | — | 60 | 60 | #218 |
| 1893 | — | 53 | 53 | #236 |
| 1892 | — | 60 | 60 | #226 |
| 1891 | — | 49 | 49 | #230 |
| 1890 | — | 49 | 49 | #238 |
| 1889 | — | 60 | 60 | #211 |
| 1888 | — | 75 | 75 | #200 |
| 1887 | — | 51 | 51 | #222 |
| 1886 | — | 66 | 66 | #201 |
| 1885 | — | 56 | 56 | #213 |
| 1884 | — | 67 | 67 | #201 |
| 1883 | — | 82 | 82 | #157 |
| 1882 | — | 94 | 94 | #146 |
| 1881 | — | 97 | 97 | #122 |
| 1880 | — | 73 | 73 | #177 |