Eli is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #177 for boy births in the United States, given to 3,453 babies. Eli first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2012 (8,110 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,453 | #177 |
| 2024 | 3,786 | #153 |
| 2023 | 4,140 | #133 |
| 2022 | 4,745 | #117 |
| 2021 | 4,942 | #108 |
| 2020 | 5,310 | #96 |
| 2019 | 5,572 | #97 |
| 2018 | 6,132 | #86 |
| 2017 | 6,660 | #79 |
| 2016 | 7,165 | #74 |
| 2015 | 7,190 | #78 |
| 2014 | 7,535 | #72 |
| 2013 | 7,988 | #62 |
| 2012 | 8,110 | #61 |
| 2011 | 7,259 | #79 |
| 2010 | 6,602 | #91 |
| 2009 | 4,953 | #143 |
| 2008 | 4,546 | #166 |
| 2007 | 3,273 | #232 |
| 2006 | 3,019 | #249 |
| 2005 | 2,717 | #274 |
| 2004 | 2,599 | #287 |
| 2003 | 2,011 | #358 |
| 2002 | 1,971 | #359 |
| 2001 | 1,665 | #410 |
| 2000 | 1,505 | #434 |
| 1999 | 1,084 | #558 |
| 1998 | 1,035 | #568 |
| 1997 | 878 | #630 |
| 1996 | 899 | #611 |
| 1995 | 880 | #612 |
| 1994 | 907 | #607 |
| 1993 | 891 | #606 |
| 1992 | 720 | #702 |
| 1991 | 725 | #696 |
| 1990 | 675 | #746 |
| 1989 | 633 | #757 |
| 1988 | 554 | #782 |
| 1987 | 556 | #758 |
| 1986 | 568 | #739 |
| 1985 | 568 | #737 |
| 1984 | 514 | #767 |
| 1983 | 530 | #753 |
| 1982 | 513 | #780 |
| 1981 | 555 | #740 |
| 1980 | 548 | #744 |
| 1979 | 498 | #772 |
| 1978 | 447 | #804 |
| 1977 | 483 | #775 |
| 1976 | 393 | #862 |
| 1975 | 338 | #941 |
| 1974 | 378 | #869 |
| 1973 | 346 | #911 |
| 1972 | 269 | #1,056 |
| 1971 | 268 | #1,092 |
| 1970 | 232 | #1,189 |
| 1969 | 129 | #1,584 |
| 1968 | 139 | #1,467 |
| 1967 | 126 | #1,526 |
| 1966 | 117 | #1,582 |
| 1965 | 117 | #1,600 |
| 1964 | 121 | #1,634 |
| 1963 | 139 | #1,522 |
| 1962 | 140 | #1,524 |
| 1961 | 146 | #1,507 |
| 1960 | 154 | #1,434 |
| 1959 | 146 | #1,453 |
| 1958 | 117 | #1,606 |
| 1957 | 129 | #1,533 |
| 1956 | 153 | #1,375 |
| 1955 | 119 | #1,528 |
| 1954 | 135 | #1,399 |
| 1953 | 126 | #1,415 |
| 1952 | 140 | #1,306 |
| 1951 | 142 | #1,286 |
| 1950 | 139 | #1,272 |
| 1949 | 125 | #1,349 |
| 1948 | 137 | #1,252 |
| 1947 | 143 | #1,236 |
| 1946 | 116 | #1,320 |
| 1945 | 125 | #1,153 |
| 1944 | 124 | #1,173 |
| 1943 | 118 | #1,254 |
| 1942 | 130 | #1,162 |
| 1941 | 130 | #1,104 |
| 1940 | 140 | #1,043 |
| 1939 | 110 | #1,154 |
| 1938 | 119 | #1,124 |
| 1937 | 144 | #1,004 |
| 1936 | 161 | #937 |
| 1935 | 175 | #878 |
| 1934 | 176 | #893 |
| 1933 | 157 | #927 |
| 1932 | 186 | #875 |
| 1931 | 174 | #899 |
| 1930 | 190 | #890 |
| 1929 | 198 | #869 |
| 1928 | 215 | #854 |
| 1927 | 224 | #845 |
| 1926 | 266 | #767 |
| 1925 | 291 | #731 |
| 1924 | 247 | #814 |
| 1923 | 260 | #776 |
| 1922 | 275 | #758 |
| 1921 | 296 | #733 |
| 1920 | 260 | #778 |
| 1919 | 241 | #790 |
| 1918 | 286 | #724 |
| 1917 | 246 | #755 |
| 1916 | 277 | #693 |
| 1915 | 269 | #683 |
| 1914 | 208 | #683 |
| 1913 | 167 | #679 |
| 1912 | 159 | #647 |
| 1911 | 81 | #752 |
| 1910 | 63 | #824 |
| 1909 | 60 | #770 |
| 1908 | 55 | #780 |
| 1907 | 50 | #801 |
| 1906 | 44 | #834 |
| 1905 | 43 | #827 |
| 1904 | 43 | #803 |
| 1903 | 47 | #737 |
| 1902 | 51 | #693 |
| 1901 | 45 | #695 |
| 1900 | 45 | #819 |
| 1899 | 38 | #758 |
| 1898 | 46 | #708 |
| 1897 | 39 | #748 |
| 1896 | 43 | #718 |
| 1895 | 55 | #612 |
| 1894 | 60 | #578 |
| 1893 | 53 | #606 |
| 1892 | 60 | #568 |
| 1891 | 49 | #584 |
| 1890 | 49 | #597 |
| 1889 | 60 | #530 |
| 1888 | 75 | #470 |
| 1887 | 51 | #518 |
| 1886 | 66 | #457 |
| 1885 | 56 | #479 |
| 1884 | 67 | #434 |
| 1883 | 82 | #339 |
| 1882 | 94 | #309 |
| 1881 | 97 | #270 |
| 1880 | 73 | #351 |