Eli

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Eli as a name has two different meanings, both originating in the Hebrew Bible. Eli can be used for males or females. Hebrew origin, from Biblical ืขึตืœึดื™ "ascent", spelled with the Hebrew letter ayin in the beginning, the name of Eli, the high priest in the Books of Samuel.

From Wikipedia

Eli first appears in the data in 2003 and has been recorded in 18 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 1,251 babies (rank #35 that year). In 2025 it was given to 270 boys (rank #72). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Eli

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Eli yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

7,115
Total babies (all years)
18
Years in the data
1,251
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
200357#107
2009191#88
2010241#70
2011296#54
2012273#62
2013286#57
2014292#66
20151,251#35
2016686#69
2017492#48
2018471#48
2019622#47
2020444#48
2021315#49
2022288#49
2023272#50
2024368#53
2025270#72