Eliu
Boy · eh-lee-OO · Hebrew
Eliu is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he is my God”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Eliu mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Elihu
“he is my God”
Elihu is the young speaker who rebukes Job and his friends in the Book of Job.
- Say it
- eh-lee-OO
Is Eliu a girl's or a boy's name?
Eliu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eliu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Eliu, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the boys named Eliu in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eliu in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
Names like Eliu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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