Eligio
Boy · eh-LEE-hyoh · Latin
Eligio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “chosen”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Eligio mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish form of Eligius
“chosen”
From Saint Eligius (Eloi, d. 660), goldsmith and bishop, patron saint of metalworkers.
- Say it
- eh-LEE-hyoh
Is Eligio a girl's or a boy's name?
Eligio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eligio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Eligio, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had more boys named Eligio than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Eligio in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eligio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,168 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
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