Boy

Eloy

Meaning not yet researched.

2025 rank
#3,010
41 boys
2015
#2,537
rank
1950
#779
rank

Eloy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 41 in 2025. Its best rank was #700 in 1946.

US births per year · SSA card applications

Peaked at #700 in 1946; #3,010 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Eloy in 2025 was a boy.

Baby name · US data 1880–2025

#3,010 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1946, at #700.

Babies in 2025
41
Since 1880
8,325
Years on record
117

Babies named Eloy, every year since 1880

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Boys

Eloy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 41 boys in 2025. Peak: #700 in 1946 · most boys in one year: 118 (1993).

About the name Eloy

In 2025, 41 US boys were named Eloy, making it the 3,010th most common boys’ name of the year, down 331 places from #2,679 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 49 boys named Eloy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #700, reached in 1946. The most boys given the name in a single year was 118, in 1993. For comparison, it was #2,537 in 2015 and #779 in 1950.

Social Security card records list Eloy in 117 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1908 with 6 babies. In all, 8,325 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 1,020 babies named Eloy.

Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 464 US boys were named Eloy; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 55. In 2025 that was about 1 in 41,660 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.

Rarer spellings such as Eligio, Ilo and Eloah are summarised on this page.

Meaning

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.

Related spellings

No related spellings pass our data threshold.

Rare spellings summarised here: Eligio (1,548), Ilo (779), Eloah (224), Eloa (132), Elo (117), Eloi (75), Eilo (5), Elua (5), Elu (5), Elloa (5).

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.

Nicknames

No nicknames listed for Eloy in the open dataset we use.

Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).

Rank by year

Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.

CSV
YearGirlsGirls rankBoysBoys rank
2025——41#3,010
2024——49#2,679
2023——40#3,072
2022——39#3,114
2021——48#2,662
2020——48#2,630
2019——49#2,633
2018——52#2,481
2017——55#2,357
2016——43#2,802
2015——49#2,537
2014——56#2,324
2013——53#2,373
2012——54#2,366
2011——56#2,293
2010——57#2,268
2009——58#2,263
2008——72#1,971
2007——77#1,867
2006——69#1,951
2005——85#1,605
2004——104#1,379
2003——75#1,657
2002——92#1,417
2001——105#1,269
2000——85#1,450
1999——102#1,231
1998——102#1,207
1997——93#1,244
1996——97#1,183
1995——116#1,036
1994——102#1,119
1993——118#1,009
1992——104#1,077
1991——104#1,064
1990——79#1,243
1989——80#1,200
1988——84#1,084
1987——82#1,055
1986——90#967
1985——92#953
1984——102#872
1983——82#973
1982——103#878
1981——105#867
1980——90#947
1979——111#829
1978——95#882
1977——101#854
1976——99#840
1975——109#796
1974——100#803
1973——105#777
1972——90#848
1971——109#778
1970——101#806
1969——95#796
1968——76#835
1967——91#765
1966——93#758
1965——95#759
1964——85#818
1963——86#817
1962——110#731
1961——86#827
1960——112#728
1959——99#770
1958——106#724
1957——101#747
1956——96#750
1955——80#821
1954——71#872
1953——85#769
1952——87#758
1951——94#716
1950——77#779
1949——81#767
1948——85#731
1947——84#749
1946——86#700
1945——72#722
1944——54#862
1943——71#775
1942——55#892
1941——50#899
1940——60#803
1939——50#871
1938——46#930
1937——47#913
1936——50#864
1935——53#863
1934——65#765
1933——61#787
1932——49#929
1931——56#847
1930——56#886
1929——55#904
1928——51#955
1927——57#900
1926——35#1,227
1925——46#1,014
1924——58#921
1923——43#1,090
1922——51#992
1921——49#1,003
1920——54#942
1919——34#1,215
1918——28#1,355
1917——27#1,340
1916——19#1,656
1915——28#1,246
1914——22#1,279
1913——14#1,466
1912——17#1,147
1911——8#1,313
1909——9#1,044
1908——6#1,263

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).