Eli

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Primarily a boy's name · 97% 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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 619 babies (rank #105 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

4,111
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
619
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
199631#552
199732#556
199839#503
199941#492
200033#571
200142#488
200239#535
200348#502
200481#363
200565#440
200689#387
2007104#352
2008120#326
2009134#308
2010248#206
2011350#164
2012402#145
2013440#134
2014513#124
2015538#119
2016619#105