Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Eliot*

#1,296 most common boys' name of all time · #3,109 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1905–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,296
Rank overall
#3,109 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
8,465
Since 2016
1,737
Peak year
2012 #944
Best rank
#802 1983
Girls Boys peak 239/yr
192019401960198020002020

Eliot first appears in 1905. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 19 130 149 #1,403
2024 7 139 146 #1,361
2023 7 138 145 #1,362
2022 6 142 148 #1,324
2021 18 152 170 #1,255
2020 25 152 177 #1,234
2019 27 160 187 #1,196
2018 36 183 219 #1,080
2017 32 173 205 #1,114
2016 28 163 191 #1,171
2015 26 176 202 #1,101
2014 31 192 223 #1,044
2013 29 199 228 #993
2012 23 216 239 #944
2011 24 178 202 #1,057
2010 28 207 235 #958
2009 23 171 194 #1,086
2008 22 142 164 #1,230
2007 20 136 156 #1,284
2006 17 128 145 #1,294
2005 22 129 151 #1,228
2004 24 136 160 #1,154
2003 18 119 137 #1,224
2002 15 106 121 #1,284
2001 5 100 105 #1,311
2000 76 76 #1,565
1999 92 92 #1,312
1998 8 78 86 #1,451
1997 6 88 94 #1,297
1996 6 83 89 #1,316
1995 11 65 76 #1,483
1994 56 56 #1,634
1993 79 79 #1,280
1992 90 90 #1,168
1991 94 94 #1,132
1990 5 82 87 #1,205
1989 96 96 #1,070
1988 68 68 #1,241
1987 5 70 75 #1,143
1986 56 56 #1,307
1985 95 95 #934
1984 82 82 #986
1983 120 120 #802
1982 87 87 #967
1981 34 34 #1,702
1980 46 46 #1,395
1979 52 52 #1,279
1978 61 61 #1,128
1977 46 46 #1,341
1976 63 63 #1,054
1975 61 61 #1,073
1974 42 42 #1,322
1973 43 43 #1,260
1972 30 30 #1,577
1971 43 43 #1,280
1970 63 63 #1,026
1969 42 42 #1,222
1968 45 45 #1,127
1967 40 40 #1,186
1966 45 45 #1,108
1965 42 42 #1,182
1964 45 45 #1,154
1963 66 66 #925
1962 77 77 #868
1961 88 88 #816
1960 91 91 #803
1959 50 50 #1,098
1958 49 49 #1,098
1957 43 43 #1,196
1956 69 69 #902
1955 53 53 #1,041
1954 58 58 #981
1953 52 52 #1,009
1952 60 60 #922
1951 44 44 #1,088
1950 50 50 #985
1949 46 46 #1,045
1948 28 28 #1,393
1947 42 42 #1,128
1946 32 32 #1,254
1945 17 17 #1,667
1944 20 20 #1,555
1943 21 21 #1,560
1942 43 43 #1,035
1941 14 14 #1,950
1940 22 22 #1,462
1939 18 18 #1,619
1938 20 20 #1,545
1937 9 9 #2,571
1936 8 8 #2,717
1935 13 13 #2,078
1934 9 9 #2,634
1933 21 21 #1,528
1932 19 19 #1,689
1931 13 13 #2,169
1930 11 11 #2,523
1929 17 17 #1,892
1928 15 15 #2,117
1927 16 16 #2,089
1926 15 15 #2,128
1925 21 21 #1,720
1924 18 18 #1,942
1923 19 19 #1,847
1922 23 23 #1,629
1921 23 23 #1,629
1920 21 21 #1,730
1919 17 17 #1,942
1918 14 14 #2,212
1917 21 21 #1,632
1916 23 23 #1,492
1915 16 16 #1,850
1914 20 20 #1,381
1913 16 16 #1,357
1912 8 8 #1,980
1911 6 6 #1,688
1909 5 5 #1,623
1908 6 6 #1,350
1905 9 9 #917