Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Eliot

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Variant of Elijah My God is Jehovah.

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Eliot

Pronunciation

e-liot

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #938, 216 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1401, 130 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #4001, 36 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6116, 19 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202513019
20241377
20231387
20221416
202115218
202015225
201916027
201818336
201717332
201616328

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #329, 73 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1066, 28 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #5579, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202528–
202417–
202311–
202221–
2021203
202020–
201923–
201825–
201730–
201631–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #99, 759 births); most recent 2023 (rank #196, 311 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #3944, 4 births); most recent 2005 (rank #4906, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023311–
2022401–
2021391–
2020407–
2019443–
2018421–
2017440–
2016399–
2015467–
2014458–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #548, 5 births); most recent 2024 (rank #628, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
20244
20233
2022–
20214
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #259, 7 births); most recent 2008 (rank #535, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #455, 7 births); most recent 2018 (rank #513, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20186
2017–
2016–
20155
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence