Eloy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-LOY
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,990 for boys
Eloy is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “chosen”. In 2025 it ranked 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
What does Eloy mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Eligius
“chosen”
Saint Eligius, or Eloi, a 7th-century goldsmith and bishop, is the patron saint of metalworkers.
Is Eloy a girl's or a boy's name?
Eloy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eloy in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 6 boys.
Eloy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
How popular is Eloy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,990among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Eloy, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 118 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the boys named Eloy in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eloy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,651 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,625 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 56 | #2,315 |
| 2013 | 53 | #2,363 |
| 2012 | 54 | #2,357 |
| 2011 | 56 | #2,283 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,261 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 72 | #1,968 |
| 2007 | 77 | #1,861 |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,942 |
| 2005 | 85 | #1,601 |
| 2004 | 104 | #1,377 |
| 2003 | 75 | #1,653 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,411 |
| 2001 | 105 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,444 |
| 1999 | 102 | #1,225 |
| 1998 | 102 | #1,202 |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,239 |
| 1996 | 97 | #1,178 |
| 1995 | 116 | #1,031 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,115 |
| 1993 | 118 | #1,003 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,074 |
| 1991 | 104 | #1,057 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,233 |
| 1989 | 80 | #1,193 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,081 |
| 1987 | 82 | #1,053 |
| 1986 | 90 | #964 |
| 1985 | 92 | #950 |
| 1984 | 102 | #871 |
| 1983 | 82 | #972 |
| 1982 | 103 | #876 |
| 1981 | 105 | #865 |
| 1980 | 90 | #945 |
| 1979 | 111 | #826 |
| 1978 | 95 | #880 |
| 1977 | 101 | #853 |
| 1976 | 99 | #838 |
| 1975 | 109 | #796 |
| 1974 | 100 | #802 |
| 1973 | 105 | #776 |
| 1972 | 90 | #846 |
| 1971 | 109 | #778 |
| 1970 | 101 | #806 |
| 1969 | 95 | #794 |
| 1968 | 76 | #834 |
| 1967 | 91 | #765 |
| 1966 | 93 | #757 |
| 1965 | 95 | #759 |
| 1964 | 85 | #815 |
| 1963 | 86 | #816 |
| 1962 | 110 | #729 |
| 1961 | 86 | #824 |
| 1960 | 112 | #725 |
| 1959 | 99 | #765 |
| 1958 | 106 | #720 |
| 1957 | 101 | #746 |
| 1956 | 96 | #748 |
| 1955 | 80 | #817 |
| 1954 | 71 | #867 |
| 1953 | 85 | #767 |
| 1952 | 87 | #754 |
| 1951 | 94 | #715 |
| 1950 | 77 | #777 |
| 1949 | 81 | #763 |
| 1948 | 85 | #728 |
| 1947 | 84 | #747 |
| 1946 | 86 | #700 |
| 1945 | 72 | #718 |
| 1944 | 54 | #861 |
| 1943 | 71 | #773 |
| 1942 | 55 | #888 |
| 1941 | 50 | #898 |
| 1940 | 60 | #802 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 46 | #927 |
| 1937 | 47 | #906 |
| 1936 | 50 | #861 |
| 1935 | 53 | #858 |
| 1934 | 65 | #762 |
| 1933 | 61 | #782 |
| 1932 | 49 | #924 |
| 1931 | 56 | #841 |
| 1930 | 56 | #885 |
| 1929 | 55 | #900 |
| 1928 | 51 | #950 |
| 1927 | 57 | #898 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1925 | 46 | #1,012 |
| 1924 | 58 | #916 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,087 |
| 1922 | 51 | #991 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1920 | 54 | #940 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,207 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,342 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,322 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,241 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,137 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eloy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eloy, updated 20 October 2026.