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Eli name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Eli ranks #104 in male records (3,418 reported) and #4,099 in female records (35 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#4,099 · 35 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 9 female records (44 to 35); rank moved from #3,530 to #4,099.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count increased by 6 female records (29 to 35); rank moved from #4,652 to #4,099.
2025 male rank and count
#104 · 3,418 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 324 male records (3,742 to 3,418); rank moved from #92 to #104.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 1,495 male records (4,913 to 3,418); rank moved from #64 to #104.
Peak year in available data
2016: 7,132 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Eli becoming more popular?

Eli's reported male count decreased by 324 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #92 to #104. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Eli in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for EliFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.7,1320201620252016: 33 female records2017: 23 female records2018: 38 female records2019: 33 female records2020: 29 female records2021: 29 female records2022: 41 female records2023: 29 female records2024: 44 female records2025: 35 female records2016: 7,132 male records2017: 6,637 male records2018: 6,094 male records2019: 5,539 male records2020: 5,281 male records2021: 4,913 male records2022: 4,704 male records2023: 4,111 male records2024: 3,742 male records2025: 3,418 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025354,0993,418104
2024443,5303,74292
2023294,6784,11179
2022413,7234,70469
2021294,6524,91364
2020294,5765,28160
2019334,2745,53962
2018383,8736,09457
2017235,5566,63754
2016334,3697,13250

Questions about Eli’s popularity

How common is Eli in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Eli ranks #104 in male records (3,418 reported) and #4,099 in female records (35 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Eli?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Eli only.

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