Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Origin: ItalianEli 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 עֵלִי "ascent", spelled with the Hebrew letter ayin in the beginning, the name of Eli, the high priest in the Books of Samuel.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Eli yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Half its 2012 self, roughly — Eli's 2024 count of 3,723 is down 50% from its count a decade prior, one of the sharper falls in this batch. That 2012 peak, 8,076 births, also marked the rank's own high point, #43, both landing the same year.
Records for this name go back to the dataset's start in 1880.
Eli Whitney's cotton gin ties the name to early American industry; scholar Ibn Hazm, born the year 994, is by far the oldest figure linked to any name covered in this batch, predating even Amir's medieval namesakes.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 73 | #177 |
| 1881 | 97 | #121 |
| 1882 | 94 | #146 |
| 1883 | 82 | #156 |
| 1884 | 67 | #200 |
| 1885 | 56 | #214 |
| 1886 | 66 | #202 |
| 1887 | 51 | #223 |
| 1888 | 75 | #200 |
| 1889 | 60 | #212 |
| 1890 | 49 | #239 |
| 1891 | 49 | #231 |
| 1892 | 60 | #227 |
| 1893 | 53 | #236 |
| 1894 | 60 | #220 |
| 1895 | 55 | #239 |
| 1896 | 43 | #279 |
| 1897 | 39 | #291 |
| 1898 | 46 | #264 |
| 1899 | 38 | #281 |
| 1900 | 45 | #316 |
| 1901 | 45 | #255 |
| 1902 | 51 | #260 |
| 1903 | 47 | #269 |
| 1904 | 43 | #296 |
| 1905 | 43 | #308 |
| 1906 | 44 | #312 |
| 1907 | 50 | #303 |
| 1908 | 55 | #293 |
| 1909 | 60 | #294 |
| 1910 | 63 | #312 |
| 1911 | 81 | #296 |
| 1912 | 159 | #285 |
| 1913 | 167 | #308 |
| 1914 | 208 | #315 |
| 1915 | 269 | #317 |
| 1916 | 271 | #319 |
| 1917 | 246 | #355 |
| 1918 | 286 | #338 |
| 1919 | 241 | #373 |
| 1920 | 253 | #376 |
| 1921 | 291 | #347 |
| 1922 | 275 | #359 |
| 1923 | 260 | #369 |
| 1924 | 247 | #380 |
| 1925 | 291 | #341 |
| 1926 | 266 | #357 |
| 1927 | 224 | #400 |
| 1928 | 215 | #411 |
| 1929 | 198 | #418 |
| 1930 | 190 | #430 |
| 1931 | 174 | #432 |
| 1932 | 186 | #411 |
| 1933 | 157 | #439 |
| 1934 | 176 | #422 |
| 1935 | 175 | #419 |
| 1936 | 161 | #444 |
| 1937 | 144 | #470 |
| 1938 | 119 | #536 |
| 1939 | 110 | #547 |
| 1940 | 140 | #492 |
| 1941 | 130 | #522 |
| 1942 | 130 | #538 |
| 1943 | 118 | #586 |
| 1944 | 124 | #545 |
| 1945 | 125 | #536 |
| 1946 | 116 | #599 |
| 1947 | 143 | #567 |
| 1948 | 137 | #569 |
| 1949 | 125 | #607 |
| 1950 | 139 | #575 |
| 1951 | 142 | #582 |
| 1952 | 140 | #592 |
| 1953 | 126 | #637 |
| 1954 | 135 | #633 |
| 1955 | 119 | #671 |
| 1956 | 153 | #611 |
| 1957 | 129 | #673 |
| 1958 | 117 | #693 |
| 1959 | 146 | #640 |
| 1960 | 149 | #639 |
| 1961 | 146 | #649 |
| 1962 | 140 | #655 |
| 1963 | 139 | #662 |
| 1964 | 121 | #705 |
| 1965 | 117 | #689 |
| 1966 | 117 | #686 |
| 1967 | 126 | #666 |
| 1968 | 139 | #642 |
| 1969 | 129 | #697 |
| 1970 | 232 | #530 |
| 1971 | 268 | #493 |
| 1972 | 264 | #484 |
| 1973 | 339 | #425 |
| 1974 | 373 | #401 |
| 1975 | 338 | #426 |
| 1976 | 381 | #397 |
| 1977 | 476 | #361 |
| 1978 | 441 | #365 |
| 1979 | 498 | #353 |
| 1980 | 539 | #342 |
| 1981 | 550 | #337 |
| 1982 | 503 | #357 |
| 1983 | 518 | #350 |
| 1984 | 507 | #359 |
| 1985 | 558 | #342 |
| 1986 | 563 | #341 |
| 1987 | 550 | #353 |
| 1988 | 543 | #372 |
| 1989 | 624 | #362 |
| 1990 | 667 | #359 |
| 1991 | 712 | #341 |
| 1992 | 708 | #340 |
| 1993 | 877 | #309 |
| 1994 | 893 | #302 |
| 1995 | 862 | #306 |
| 1996 | 891 | #298 |
| 1997 | 866 | #309 |
| 1998 | 1,016 | #283 |
| 1999 | 1,068 | #276 |
| 2000 | 1,496 | #228 |
| 2001 | 1,644 | #213 |
| 2002 | 1,953 | #194 |
| 2003 | 1,993 | #190 |
| 2004 | 2,550 | #156 |
| 2005 | 2,697 | #152 |
| 2006 | 2,994 | #136 |
| 2007 | 3,250 | #129 |
| 2008 | 4,521 | #99 |
| 2009 | 4,921 | #90 |
| 2010 | 6,570 | #65 |
| 2011 | 7,219 | #58 |
| 2012 | 8,076 | #43 |
| 2013 | 7,949 | #43 |
| 2014 | 7,508 | #49 |
| 2015 | 7,158 | #53 |
| 2016 | 7,129 | #50 |
| 2017 | 6,636 | #54 |
| 2018 | 6,091 | #57 |
| 2019 | 5,535 | #62 |
| 2020 | 5,278 | #60 |
| 2021 | 4,910 | #64 |
| 2022 | 4,702 | #69 |
| 2023 | 4,106 | #79 |
| 2024 | 3,723 | #92 |
