Boys' name · since 1880
Eliseo
11,996 babies named Eliseo in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,085 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #550 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,996
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
11,996 babies have been named Eliseo since 1880, making it today's #550 boys' name.
Eliseo has 11,996 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #550 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 1880 to 2025.
- #1,085 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #550 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 11,996 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eliseo ranks #1,085 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #550 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 11,996 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,085 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #550 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,996
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eliseo's 11,996 recorded births place it above 97.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Eliseo compares
11,996 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Eliseo's all-time total is 33x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eliseo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,996 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 547 | 34 | 22,252 |
Eliseo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Eliseo's SSA record in two at 1966 and the more recent half accounts for 81% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 19%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 547, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Eliseo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 547
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Eliseo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,350 births, 20% of the file).
2020s was Eliseo's strongest decade.
2,350 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Eliseo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 12
1880s
12 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 131
1910s
131 births
- 1920s 402
1920s
402 births
- 1930s 392
1930s
392 births
- 1940s 463
1940s
463 births
- 1950s 510
1950s
510 births
- 1960s 541
1960s
541 births
- 1970s 753
1970s
753 births
- 1980s
1980s
967 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,381 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,759 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,330 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,350 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,350 births (20% of all-time use).
How Eliseo 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 Eliseo's total volume
Eliseo by state
Where Eliseo concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,795 | 31.6% |
| #2 | California | | 2,869 | 23.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 335 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 334 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 295 | 2.5% |
| #6 | New Mexico | | 270 | 2.3% |
| #7 | New York | | 242 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 138 | 1.2% |
3,795 of 11,996 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Eliseo appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Eliseos (3,795 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eliseo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
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, 1880–2025 (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 Eliseo 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.