Eliot Boy
How popular is Eliot?
#1,401 boy name in 2025
130 baby boys were named Eliot in the US in 2025, making it the 1401st most popular boy name. Another 19 girls got the name (#6,115 for girls).
Eliot popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,401 for boys (▼ 42 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 130 boys, 19 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,100 in 2015, #1,233 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (216 boys) |
| Highest rank | #798 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1905 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 88% boys, 12% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eliot counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elliot family of names ranked #71 for boys in 2025 (#76 the year before), with 4,894 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Eliot is most popular
Babies named Eliot per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (90 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
Eliot by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 20 | #836 |
| 1910s | 141 | #1,310 |
| 1920s | 188 | #1,588 |
| 1930s | 141 | #1,498 |
| 1940s | 285 | #1,026 |
| 1950s | 528 | #896 |
| 1960s | 581 | #798 |
| 1970s | 504 | #1,023 |
| 1980s | 754 | #800 |
| 1990s | 807 | #1,124 |
| 2000s | 1,243 | #1,085 |
| 2010s | 1,847 | #942 |
| 2020s | 853 | #1,233 |
Boy names about as popular as Eliot
Questions
- Is Eliot a boy or girl name?
- Eliot is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 88% of babies named Eliot were boys.
- How popular is the name Eliot?
- 130 baby boys were named Eliot in the US in 2025, making it the 1401st most popular boy name. Another 19 girls got the name (#6,115 for girls).
- When was Eliot most popular?
- Eliot peaked in 2012, when 216 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #798 in 1960.
- How many people are named Eliot?
- 8,465 babies have been named Eliot in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,438 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Eliot most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eliot was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.