Eli is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2012 and has grown less common since.
Eli is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #104 among boys (3,418) and #4,099 among girls (35) — overall #177 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,453 | 3,458 | #4,099 | #104 |
| 2024 | 3,786 | 3,794 | #3,530 | #92 |
| 2023 | 4,140 | 4,140 | #4,678 | #79 |
| 2022 | 4,745 | 4,745 | #3,723 | #69 |
| 2021 | 4,942 | 4,949 | #4,652 | #64 |
| 2020 | 5,310 | 5,322 | #4,576 | #60 |
| 2019 | 5,572 | 5,572 | #4,274 | #62 |
| 2018 | 6,132 | 6,142 | #3,873 | #57 |
| 2017 | 6,660 | 6,660 | #5,556 | #54 |
| 2016 | 7,165 | 7,171 | #4,369 | #50 |
| 2015 | 7,190 | 7,202 | #5,023 | #53 |
| 2014 | 7,535 | 7,541 | #5,850 | #49 |
| 2013 | 7,988 | 8,003 | #4,096 | #43 |
| 2012 | 8,110 | 8,126 | #4,634 | #43 |
| 2011 | 7,259 | 7,269 | #3,862 | #58 |
| 2010 | 6,602 | 6,614 | #4,643 | #65 |
| 2009 | 4,953 | 4,966 | #4,844 | #90 |
| 2008 | 4,546 | 4,554 | #6,631 | #99 |
| 2007 | 3,273 | 3,284 | #6,636 | #129 |
| 2006 | 3,019 | 3,026 | #5,980 | #136 |
| 2005 | 2,717 | 2,726 | #6,622 | #152 |
| 2004 | 2,599 | 2,613 | #3,513 | #156 |
| 2003 | 2,011 | 2,023 | #6,977 | #190 |
| 2002 | 1,971 | 1,984 | #6,220 | #194 |
| 2001 | 1,665 | 1,680 | #5,424 | #213 |
| 2000 | 1,505 | 1,520 | #10,140 | #228 |
| 1999 | 1,084 | 1,096 | #6,278 | #276 |
| 1998 | 1,035 | 1,048 | #5,430 | #283 |
| 1997 | 878 | — | #7,417 | #309 |
| 1996 | 899 | — | #9,849 | #298 |
| 1995 | 880 | — | #5,756 | #304 |
| 1994 | 907 | — | #6,423 | #302 |
| 1993 | 891 | — | #6,371 | #309 |
| 1992 | 720 | — | #7,175 | #340 |
| 1991 | 725 | — | #6,714 | #341 |
| 1990 | 675 | — | #9,521 | #359 |
| 1989 | 633 | — | #8,234 | #362 |
| 1988 | 554 | — | #6,784 | #372 |
| 1987 | 556 | — | #10,229 | #353 |
| 1986 | 568 | — | #11,462 | #341 |
| 1985 | 568 | — | #6,592 | #342 |
| 1984 | 514 | — | #8,416 | #359 |
| 1983 | 530 | — | #5,547 | #350 |
| 1982 | 513 | — | #6,492 | #357 |
| 1981 | 555 | — | #10,873 | #337 |
| 1980 | 548 | — | #6,946 | #342 |
| 1979 | 498 | — | — | #353 |
| 1978 | 447 | — | #8,851 | #365 |
| 1977 | 483 | — | #7,762 | #361 |
| 1976 | 393 | — | #4,966 | #397 |
| 1975 | 338 | — | — | #426 |
| 1974 | 378 | — | #9,155 | #401 |
| 1973 | 346 | — | #6,867 | #425 |
| 1972 | 269 | — | #8,635 | #484 |
| 1971 | 268 | — | — | #493 |
| 1970 | 232 | — | — | #530 |
| 1969 | 129 | — | — | #697 |
| 1968 | 139 | — | — | #642 |
| 1967 | 126 | — | — | #666 |
| 1966 | 117 | — | — | #685 |
| 1965 | 117 | — | — | #689 |
| 1964 | 121 | — | — | #704 |
| 1963 | 139 | — | — | #662 |
| 1962 | 140 | — | — | #655 |
| 1961 | 146 | — | — | #649 |
| 1960 | 154 | — | #6,636 | #639 |
| 1959 | 146 | — | — | #640 |
| 1958 | 117 | — | — | #694 |
| 1957 | 129 | — | — | #673 |
| 1956 | 153 | — | — | #611 |
| 1955 | 119 | — | — | #671 |
| 1954 | 135 | — | — | #633 |
| 1953 | 126 | — | — | #637 |
| 1952 | 140 | — | — | #592 |
| 1951 | 142 | — | — | #582 |
| 1950 | 139 | — | — | #575 |
| 1949 | 125 | — | — | #607 |
| 1948 | 137 | — | — | #569 |
| 1947 | 143 | — | — | #567 |
| 1946 | 116 | — | — | #599 |
| 1945 | 125 | — | — | #536 |
| 1944 | 124 | — | — | #545 |
| 1943 | 118 | — | — | #586 |
| 1942 | 130 | — | — | #538 |
| 1941 | 130 | — | — | #522 |
| 1940 | 140 | — | — | #492 |
| 1939 | 110 | — | — | #547 |
| 1938 | 119 | — | — | #536 |
| 1937 | 144 | — | — | #470 |
| 1936 | 161 | — | — | #444 |
| 1935 | 175 | — | — | #419 |
| 1934 | 176 | — | — | #422 |
| 1933 | 157 | — | — | #439 |
| 1932 | 186 | — | — | #411 |
| 1931 | 174 | — | — | #432 |
| 1930 | 190 | — | — | #430 |
| 1929 | 198 | — | — | #418 |
| 1928 | 215 | — | — | #411 |
| 1927 | 224 | — | — | #400 |
| 1926 | 266 | — | — | #357 |
| 1925 | 291 | — | — | #341 |
| 1924 | 247 | — | — | #380 |
| 1923 | 260 | — | — | #369 |
| 1922 | 275 | — | — | #359 |
| 1921 | 296 | — | #5,332 | #347 |
| 1920 | 260 | — | #4,095 | #376 |
| 1919 | 241 | — | — | #373 |
| 1918 | 286 | — | — | #338 |
| 1917 | 246 | — | — | #355 |
| 1916 | 277 | — | #4,065 | #319 |
| 1915 | 269 | — | — | #317 |
| 1914 | 208 | — | — | #315 |
| 1913 | 167 | — | — | #308 |
| 1912 | 159 | — | — | #285 |
| 1911 | 81 | — | — | #296 |
| 1910 | 63 | — | — | #312 |
| 1909 | 60 | — | — | #294 |
| 1908 | 55 | — | — | #293 |
| 1907 | 50 | — | — | #303 |
| 1906 | 44 | — | — | #312 |
| 1905 | 43 | — | — | #308 |
| 1904 | 43 | — | — | #296 |
| 1903 | 47 | — | — | #269 |
| 1902 | 51 | — | — | #260 |
| 1901 | 45 | — | — | #255 |
| 1900 | 45 | — | — | #316 |
| 1899 | 38 | — | — | #281 |
| 1898 | 46 | — | — | #264 |
| 1897 | 39 | — | — | #291 |
| 1896 | 43 | — | — | #279 |
| 1895 | 55 | — | — | #239 |
| 1894 | 60 | — | — | #220 |
| 1893 | 53 | — | — | #236 |
| 1892 | 60 | — | — | #227 |
| 1891 | 49 | — | — | #231 |
| 1890 | 49 | — | — | #239 |
| 1889 | 60 | — | — | #212 |
| 1888 | 75 | — | — | #200 |
| 1887 | 51 | — | — | #223 |
| 1886 | 66 | — | — | #202 |
| 1885 | 56 | — | — | #214 |
| 1884 | 67 | — | — | #200 |
| 1883 | 82 | — | — | #156 |
| 1882 | 94 | — | — | #146 |
| 1881 | 97 | — | — | #121 |
| 1880 | 73 | — | — | #177 |