Eliot
- Pronunciation
- [El-ee-ot]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Believes In God
- Origin
- French
Eliot Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 7,759 baby boys have been named Eliot. The name peaked in 2012 with 216 US births that year (rank #943). In 2024, ranked #1369 nationally — 426 places below its 2012 peak.
Top States for Eliot
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Eliot births are: New York (981), California (773), Massachusetts (490).
Other French-Origin Names Like Eliot
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5-Letter Names Starting with E
Names with Eliot's exact length and starting letter: Eadda, Eadig, Eagan, Eagon, Ealga.
Quick Facts About Eliot
US Popularity History (2010–2013)
Annual US births named Eliot by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2012 with 216 boys named Eliot (boy rank #943 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2013, ranked #995 for boys (199 US births). That's 52 places below its 2012 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Eliot Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Eliot the strongest states are Oregon, Massachusetts, Colorado.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | #521 | 28 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | #552 | 58 |
| 3 | Colorado | #753 | 18 |
| 4 | Ohio | #920 | 43 |
| 5 | Illinois | #948 | 60 |
| 6 | California | #973 | 142 |
| 7 | New York | #1,099 | 34 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #1,099 | 34 |
| 2 | California | #973 | 142 |
| 3 | Illinois | #948 | 60 |
| 4 | Ohio | #920 | 43 |
| 5 | Colorado | #753 | 18 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | #552 | 58 |
| 7 | Oregon | #521 | 28 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Eliot in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott | Variant Of Elijah My God Is Jehovah. | Male | English |
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Compare Eliot to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Eliot against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).