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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 605 babies (rank #53 that year). In 2024 it was given to 393 boys (rank #69). 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.

9,557
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
605
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
199137#494
199253#416
199361#379
199439#465
199541#474
199643#470
199742#480
199839#497
199938#497
200055#398
200164#356
200270#324
2003105#251
2004103#258
2005114#249
2006124#237
2007145#217
2008241#150
2009279#139
2010428#86
2011443#88
2012517#70
2013551#62
2014594#60
2015559#60
2016593#56
2017605#53
2018551#57
2019571#47
2020559#48
2021542#49
2022495#50
2023452#55
2024393#69