How rare is the name Eliot?

6,976 people in the United States have the first name Eliot, about 1 in 43,296. It ranks #3,139 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ELIOT

#3,139

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,976
About
1 in 43,296
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 6,976 people named Eliot, 71.8% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% as two or more races. 91.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Eliot peaked in 2012, when 239 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19052025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
239
In 2025*
149 ▼38%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,465 babies have been given the name since 1905. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Eliot by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,108. The largest share of babies named Eliot, 28.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#3,59420
1910s#3,337141
1920s#3,631188
1930s#3,858141
1940s#2,788285
1950s#2,339528
1960s#2,394581
1970s#2,958504
1980s#2,589759
1990s#2,992843
2000s#2,6151,409
2010s#2,1082,131
2020s#2,643935
Greatest Generation 1901–273.7%
Silent Generation 1928–453.7%
Baby boom 1946–6412.3%
Generation X 1965–809%
Millennials 1981–9615.2%
Generation Z 1997–1227.8%
2013 and later28.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Eliot is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Eliot has been most common in Massachusetts (4.7×), New York (3×), and California (1.9×), and least common in Virginia (0.36×).

4,245 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Eliot

1 other first name also has 6,976 people.

#3,139 Jeana · 6,976

Either side of Eliot

#3,137 Tomasa · 6,978#3,138 Jaylene · 6,977#3,139 Jeana · 6,976#3,141 Malissa · 6,963

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Eliot, most common first.

#960 Elliot · 45,706#8,382 Eliott · 1,733#29,280 Eliut · 303

Also a last name

As a last name, Eliot ranks #35,059 of 156,621, with 693 people. See Eliot as a last name

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