Eligio
Eligio was given to 13 boys in 2025, #6,558 among boys’ names; 1,548 Americans have been recorded with it since 1909 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,110 Americans named Eligio and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 24 and 55.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eligio by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eligio mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Eligio is “a male given name”
From Latin Eligius. Doublet of Eloy.
/eˈlixjo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eligio?
#6,558 among boys’ names, 2025
Eligio rose from #8,977 in 2015 to #6,558 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 4.2 to 7.6 per million.
30 babies in 1985, the peak
Eligio peaked in 1985, when 30 boys were given it, #1,930 among boys’ names. The 13 births of 2025 are 43% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,558 | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,921 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,224 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,396 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 6 | #11,148 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,152 | 6.4 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,391 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 8 | #9,058 | 4.4 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,337 | 4.9 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,127 | 7.4 |
Every recorded year (113)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | #8,977 | 4.2 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,706 | 5.2 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,348 | 6.9 |
| 2012 | 7 | #10,014 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,649 | 5.3 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,132 | 7.3 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,538 | 6.6 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,172 | 11.8 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,233 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,373 | 7.8 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,514 | 9.5 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,043 | 11.1 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,104 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,364 | 9.3 |
| 2001 | 20 | #4,007 | 10.3 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,666 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,878 | 9.9 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,618 | 10.5 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,736 | 6.9 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,873 | 9.0 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,589 | 9.5 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,873 | 12.9 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,280 | 10.2 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,371 | 9.5 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,486 | 13.9 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,199 | 9.3 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,496 | 13.0 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,880 | 9.9 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,980 | 9.1 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,503 | 7.1 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,930 | 16.2 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,858 | 8.9 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,826 | 8.9 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,878 | 8.8 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,603 | 10.0 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,309 | 7.3 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,492 | 11.0 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,090 | 14.0 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,292 | 12.2 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,635 | 10.2 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,794 | 9.0 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,385 | 10.8 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,537 | 9.6 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,187 | 11.1 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,939 | 12.4 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,227 | 9.1 |
| 1969 | 18 | #2,004 | 10.1 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,231 | 8.1 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,651 | 5.7 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,985 | 9.0 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,877 | 9.7 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,345 | 6.5 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,065 | 7.9 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,990 | 8.2 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,452 | 5.6 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,462 | 5.6 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,572 | 5.2 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,551 | 5.2 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,041 | 7.4 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,404 | 5.7 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,468 | 5.3 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,798 | 4.4 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,215 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,285 | 6.2 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,723 | 4.8 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,133 | 7.3 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,374 | 6.2 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,965 | 8.5 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,187 | 7.1 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,447 | 6.2 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,446 | 6.7 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,512 | 6.6 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,796 | 5.6 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,299 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,533 | 7.3 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,110 | 10.4 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,820 | 13.6 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,012 | 11.7 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,366 | 9.4 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,263 | 5.8 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,960 | 13.4 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,447 | 9.7 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,416 | 10.1 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,794 | 16.3 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,504 | 5.8 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,381 | 6.4 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,324 | 6.5 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,299 | 11.7 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,762 | 17.7 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,007 | 14.4 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,226 | 12.5 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,263 | 12.4 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,020 | 8.2 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,085 | 8.3 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,286 | 7.3 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,364 | 12.2 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,188 | 8.2 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,935 | 8.9 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,470 | 11.9 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,170 | 8.2 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,139 | 15.6 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,358 | 14.0 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,322 | 36.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Eligio a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eligio has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 113 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Eligio: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eligio, and how old are they?
1,110 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 1,548 Americans ever recorded as Eligio. The median Eligio alive today is 38 years old; half are between 24 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 2,777 people named Eligio (15 women and girls, 2,762 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,123 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 36 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 157 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 239 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 301 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 249 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 127 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Eligio born?
The states with the most babies named Eligio are Texas, California and New York, with 97% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 364 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| California | 157 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 26 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Mexico | 11 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Eligio is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eligio is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Eligio with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 6,685 babies since 1880, Eligio is the second most given (23% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eligio
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Eligio and names like it
- Compare Eligio and EligahBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sEligio peaked in 1985.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eligio since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Eligio: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1985The year the most babies were named Eligio.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Eligio alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with EMost given first.