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Eliot

Boy · EL-ee-ot · Hebrew

Eliot is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 1,133rd for boys in the UK (28 babies) and 1,401st for boys in the US (130 babies).

What does Eliot mean?

Hebrew: English surname from a medieval pet form of Elias

“my God is Yahweh”

Borne as a surname by the novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) and the poet T. S. Eliot.

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EL-ee-ot

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Is Eliot a girl's or a boy's name?

Eliot is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the UK and 19 girls and 130 boys in the US.

How popular is Eliot in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,133among boys
Babies in 2025
28about 1 in 11,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were named Eliot, making it the 1,133rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 75 boys.

2025 had more boys named Eliot than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Eliot in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 1,117 boys in the UK were given Eliot or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #53, up from #1,133 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,066th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 75 in 19962025
Eliot in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202528#1,133
202417#1,585
202312#2,024
202221#1,364
202122#1,298
202020#1,356
201924#1,193
201825#1,173
201731#1,045
201631#1,030
201535#946
201438#874
201338#873
201237#905
201143#801
201034#927
200931#956
200833#905
200729#953
200628#939
200543#673
200441#649
200352#516
200239#586
200139#558
200055#435
199967#380
199866#395
199765#398
199675#346

How popular is Eliot in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,401among boys
Babies in 2025
130about 1 in 13,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 130 boys in the US were named Eliot, making it the 1,401st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,233rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 216 boys. It first appears in the records in 1905. 19 girls were also named Eliot in 2025 (6,115th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Eliot than any year since 2006.

Half of all the boys named Eliot in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 4,894 boys in the US were given Eliot or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #73, up from #1,401 for this spelling alone.

1905Busiest: 216 in 20122025
Eliot in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025130#1,401
2024139#1,359
2023138#1,360
2022142#1,322
2021152#1,253
2020152#1,233
2019160#1,193
2018183#1,079
2017173#1,114
2016163#1,169
2015176#1,100
2014192#1,043
2013199#993
2012216#942
2011178#1,056
2010207#958
2009171#1,085
2008142#1,227
2007136#1,283
2006128#1,294
2005129#1,224
2004136#1,151
2003119#1,223
2002106#1,278
2001100#1,303
200076#1,560
199992#1,308
199878#1,446
199788#1,291
199683#1,312
199565#1,472
199456#1,628
199379#1,274
199290#1,158
199194#1,124
199082#1,196
198996#1,060
198868#1,236
198770#1,139
198656#1,298
198595#934
198482#984
1983120#800
198287#965
198134#1,694
198046#1,391
197952#1,270
197861#1,121
197746#1,335
197663#1,050
197561#1,065
197442#1,311
197343#1,253
197230#1,566
197143#1,272
197063#1,023
196942#1,221
196845#1,119
196740#1,180
196645#1,100
196542#1,163
196445#1,146
196366#920
196277#861
196188#812
196091#798
195950#1,089
195849#1,090
195743#1,184
195669#896
195553#1,032
195458#972
195352#998
195260#914
195144#1,082
195050#976
194946#1,028
194828#1,377
194742#1,115
194632#1,235
194517#1,632
194420#1,524
194321#1,528
194243#1,026
194114#1,903
194022#1,433
193918#1,578
193820#1,521
19379#2,479
19368#2,628
193513#2,029
19349#2,563
193321#1,498
193219#1,651
193113#2,101
193011#2,443
192917#1,848
192815#2,048
192716#2,034
192615#2,074
192521#1,678
192418#1,894
192319#1,815
192223#1,591
192123#1,588
192021#1,694
191917#1,881
191814#2,164
191721#1,586
191623#1,458
191516#1,781
191420#1,342
191316#1,310
19128#1,884
19116#1,536
19100–
19095#1,439
19086#1,216
19070–
19060–
19059#836

Nicknames for Eliot

Names like Eliot

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Eliot

Elliot Elliott Eliott

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