Meaning not yet researched.
Eliot: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 130 in 2025. Its best rank was #800 in 1960.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #800 in 1960; #1,403 in 2025. About 87% of babies named Eliot in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,403 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1960, at #800.
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Eliot: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 130 boys in 2025. Peak: #800 in 1960 · most boys in one year: 216 (2012).
In 2025, 130 US boys were named Eliot, making it the 1,403rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 44 places from #1,359 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 139 boys named Eliot in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #800, reached in 1960. The most boys given the name in a single year was 216, in 2012. For comparison, it was #1,101 in 2015 and #981 in 1950.
In 2025, 19 US girls were named Eliot, making it the 6,182nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 6,359 places from #12,541 in 2024. That is 12 more than the 7 girls named Eliot in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #4,022, reached in 2018. That year also had the most girls given the name: 36. For comparison, it was #5,169 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Eliot in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1905 with 9 babies. In all, 8,465 US babies have been given the name, 6.8% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,131 babies named Eliot.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,532 US boys were named Eliot; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 183. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,139 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Eliot ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #813 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Elliott (70,719 babies since 1880), Elliot (65,600 babies since 1880), Elio (5,174 babies since 1880) and Eliott (2,096 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Elieth, Elite and Eliuth are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Elieth (107), Elite (82), Eliuth (26), Elight (17), Eliath (11), Elet (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Eliot in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 41 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 5 | #813 | #527 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,062 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,078 | #850 |
| Texas | 19 | #1,142 | #1,478 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,146 | #932 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,168 | #1,010 |
| California | 16 | #1,214 | #1,094 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,290 | #969 |
| New York | 7 | #1,461 | #750 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,519 | #1,416 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,182 | 130 | #1,403 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,541 | 139 | #1,359 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,513 | 138 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,075 | 142 | #1,323 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,475 | 152 | #1,257 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,057 | 152 | #1,234 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,945 | 160 | #1,195 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,022 | 183 | #1,080 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,424 | 173 | #1,114 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,896 | 163 | #1,173 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,169 | 176 | #1,101 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,574 | 192 | #1,043 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,798 | 199 | #995 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,760 | 216 | #943 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,601 | 178 | #1,060 |
| 2010 | 28 | #5,012 | 207 | #960 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,951 | 171 | #1,087 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,199 | 142 | #1,229 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,639 | 136 | #1,284 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,244 | 128 | #1,295 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,652 | 129 | #1,227 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,258 | 136 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,389 | 119 | #1,227 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,165 | 106 | #1,285 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,073 | 100 | #1,308 |
| 2000 | — | — | 76 | #1,567 |
| 1999 | — | — | 92 | #1,312 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,403 | 78 | #1,452 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,565 | 88 | #1,300 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,300 | 83 | #1,316 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,671 | 65 | #1,480 |
| 1994 | — | — | 56 | #1,633 |
| 1993 | — | — | 79 | #1,279 |
| 1992 | — | — | 90 | #1,167 |
| 1991 | — | — | 94 | #1,134 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,607 | 82 | #1,207 |
| 1989 | — | — | 96 | #1,067 |
| 1988 | — | — | 68 | #1,243 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,847 | 70 | #1,146 |
| 1986 | — | — | 56 | #1,305 |
| 1985 | — | — | 95 | #935 |
| 1984 | — | — | 82 | #985 |
| 1983 | — | — | 120 | #801 |
| 1982 | — | — | 87 | #966 |
| 1981 | — | — | 34 | #1,706 |
| 1980 | — | — | 46 | #1,398 |
| 1979 | — | — | 52 | #1,276 |
| 1978 | — | — | 61 | #1,124 |
| 1977 | — | — | 46 | #1,344 |
| 1976 | — | — | 63 | #1,051 |
| 1975 | — | — | 61 | #1,071 |
| 1974 | — | — | 42 | #1,318 |
| 1973 | — | — | 43 | #1,259 |
| 1972 | — | — | 30 | #1,572 |
| 1971 | — | — | 43 | #1,276 |
| 1970 | — | — | 63 | #1,027 |
| 1969 | — | — | 42 | #1,226 |
| 1968 | — | — | 45 | #1,121 |
| 1967 | — | — | 40 | #1,186 |
| 1966 | — | — | 45 | #1,103 |
| 1965 | — | — | 42 | #1,170 |
| 1964 | — | — | 45 | #1,151 |
| 1963 | — | — | 66 | #921 |
| 1962 | — | — | 77 | #865 |
| 1961 | — | — | 88 | #814 |
| 1960 | — | — | 91 | #800 |
| 1959 | — | — | 50 | #1,092 |
| 1958 | — | — | 49 | #1,094 |
| 1957 | — | — | 43 | #1,189 |
| 1956 | — | — | 69 | #900 |
| 1955 | — | — | 53 | #1,037 |
| 1954 | — | — | 58 | #978 |
| 1953 | — | — | 52 | #1,005 |
| 1952 | — | — | 60 | #916 |
| 1951 | — | — | 44 | #1,087 |
| 1950 | — | — | 50 | #981 |
| 1949 | — | — | 46 | #1,034 |
| 1948 | — | — | 28 | #1,386 |
| 1947 | — | — | 42 | #1,126 |
| 1946 | — | — | 32 | #1,244 |
| 1945 | — | — | 17 | #1,647 |
| 1944 | — | — | 20 | #1,545 |
| 1943 | — | — | 21 | #1,544 |
| 1942 | — | — | 43 | #1,028 |
| 1941 | — | — | 14 | #1,934 |
| 1940 | — | — | 22 | #1,444 |
| 1939 | — | — | 18 | #1,589 |
| 1938 | — | — | 20 | #1,535 |
| 1937 | — | — | 9 | #2,546 |
| 1936 | — | — | 8 | #2,700 |
| 1935 | — | — | 13 | #2,063 |
| 1934 | — | — | 9 | #2,616 |
| 1933 | — | — | 21 | #1,512 |
| 1932 | — | — | 19 | #1,667 |
| 1931 | — | — | 13 | #2,133 |
| 1930 | — | — | 11 | #2,493 |
| 1929 | — | — | 17 | #1,876 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,078 |
| 1927 | — | — | 16 | #2,066 |
| 1926 | — | — | 15 | #2,101 |
| 1925 | — | — | 21 | #1,698 |
| 1924 | — | — | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1923 | — | — | 19 | #1,825 |
| 1922 | — | — | 23 | #1,602 |
| 1921 | — | — | 23 | #1,598 |
| 1920 | — | — | 21 | #1,711 |
| 1919 | — | — | 17 | #1,903 |
| 1918 | — | — | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1917 | — | — | 21 | #1,607 |
| 1916 | — | — | 23 | #1,470 |
| 1915 | — | — | 16 | #1,811 |
| 1914 | — | — | 20 | #1,356 |
| 1913 | — | — | 16 | #1,327 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #1,932 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,591 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,519 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,261 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #859 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).