Boys' name · since 1975
Eliel
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 4,922 babies named Eliel, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,793 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #586 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,922
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eliel currently ranks #586 among boys' names in America, with 4,922 babies recorded since 1975.
Eliel has 4,922 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #586 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #1,793 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #586 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,922 born since 1975
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eliel ranks #1,793 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #586 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,922 born since 1975, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,793 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #586 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,922
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eliel's 4,922 recorded births place it above 96.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Eliel compares
4,922 Top 13% higher than 87% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eliel's all-time total is 13x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eliel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,922 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 503 | 34 | 22,252 |
Eliel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Eliel's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 93% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 7%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 503, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Eliel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 503
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Eliel popularity over time - girls
9 total births recorded since 2024 (Eliel as girls' name)
Eliel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,190 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Eliel's strongest decade.
2,190 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Eliel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 70
1980s
70 births
- 1990s 181
1990s
181 births
- 2000s
2000s
913 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,558 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,190 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,190 births (44% of all-time use).
How Eliel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Eliel's total volume
Eliel by state
Where Eliel concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 721 | 14.6% |
| #2 | California | | 694 | 14.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 410 | 8.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 349 | 7.1% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 226 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 166 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 162 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 141 | 2.9% |
721 of 4,922 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Eliel appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Eliels (721 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eliel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.