Eloise
Eloise was given to 4,251 girls in 2025, #49 among girls’ names; 72,815 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 41,700 Americans named Eloise and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (57% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 3 and 22.
Eloise was given to 808 more girls in 2025 than in 2024, the #5 gain in babies among girls’ names.
Eloise came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1965 and returned in 2008.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eloise by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eloise mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Eloise is “Alternative form of Heloise, A female given name from French.”
From French Éloïse, from the Medieval Latin and French forms that gave rise to its doublet Heloise.
/ɛləʊˈiːz/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eloise?
#49 among girls’ names, 2025
Eloise rose from #254 in 2015 to #49 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.71 to 2.6 per 1,000.
4,256 babies in 2025, the peak
Eloise peaked in 2025, when 4,256 babies were given it (4,251 girls, #49 among girls’ names). In 2024 it went to 3,443 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,251 | #49 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 3,443 | #64 | 2.1 |
| 2023 | 2,924 | #81 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 2,905 | #86 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 2,547 | #109 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 1,970 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 1,902 | #149 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 1,743 | #167 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 1,630 | #190 | 0.94 |
| 2016 | 1,567 | #208 | 0.88 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,265 | #254 | 0.71 |
| 2014 | 1,081 | #302 | 0.61 |
| 2013 | 955 | #337 | 0.54 |
| 2012 | 860 | #363 | 0.49 |
| 2011 | 679 | #449 | 0.39 |
| 2010 | 553 | #529 | 0.31 |
| 2009 | 297 | #913 | 0.16 |
| 2008 | 265 | #999 | 0.14 |
| 2007 | 191 | #1,283 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 179 | #1,309 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 165 | #1,330 | 0.09 |
| 2004 | 148 | #1,405 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 103 | #1,817 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,988 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 78 | #2,113 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 59 | #2,546 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 54 | #2,615 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,579 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,242 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,749 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,983 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,762 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,131 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,894 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,235 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,734 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,497 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,413 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,118 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,791 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,106 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,443 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,607 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,383 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,128 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,019 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,399 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,960 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,406 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 37 | #2,267 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,209 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,570 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,655 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,753 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,551 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 69 | #1,466 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,550 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 84 | #1,181 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 85 | #1,152 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 103 | #1,017 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 138 | #855 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 126 | #942 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 163 | #812 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 183 | #769 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 177 | #789 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 187 | #748 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 218 | #678 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 232 | #649 | 0.12 |
| 1957 | 310 | #543 | 0.15 |
| 1956 | 348 | #502 | 0.17 |
| 1955 | 331 | #507 | 0.17 |
| 1954 | 355 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1953 | 438 | #407 | 0.23 |
| 1952 | 432 | #399 | 0.23 |
| 1951 | 488 | #364 | 0.27 |
| 1950 | 524 | #341 | 0.31 |
| 1949 | 483 | #359 | 0.28 |
| 1948 | 512 | #343 | 0.30 |
| 1947 | 580 | #327 | 0.33 |
| 1946 | 608 | #296 | 0.39 |
| 1945 | 546 | #292 | 0.42 |
| 1944 | 597 | #281 | 0.45 |
| 1943 | 715 | #259 | 0.51 |
| 1942 | 746 | #250 | 0.55 |
| 1941 | 584 | #266 | 0.48 |
| 1940 | 512 | #277 | 0.45 |
| 1939 | 531 | #269 | 0.48 |
| 1938 | 608 | #256 | 0.55 |
| 1937 | 636 | #250 | 0.60 |
| 1936 | 611 | #250 | 0.59 |
| 1935 | 729 | #230 | 0.70 |
| 1934 | 719 | #235 | 0.69 |
| 1933 | 819 | #210 | 0.81 |
| 1932 | 867 | #208 | 0.81 |
| 1931 | 926 | #197 | 0.87 |
| 1930 | 1,023 | #189 | 0.91 |
| 1929 | 1,013 | #194 | 0.91 |
| 1928 | 1,082 | #190 | 0.94 |
| 1927 | 1,162 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1926 | 1,208 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1925 | 1,212 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1924 | 1,212 | #185 | 1.0 |
| 1923 | 1,193 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1922 | 1,222 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1921 | 1,379 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1920 | 1,239 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1919 | 1,030 | #188 | 0.91 |
| 1918 | 1,063 | #189 | 0.92 |
| 1917 | 964 | #191 | 0.89 |
| 1916 | 953 | #187 | 0.91 |
| 1915 | 798 | #207 | 0.81 |
| 1914 | 663 | #198 | 0.87 |
| 1913 | 529 | #202 | 0.85 |
| 1912 | 474 | #202 | 0.85 |
| 1911 | 324 | #219 | 0.77 |
| 1910 | 273 | #236 | 0.69 |
| 1909 | 243 | #230 | 0.70 |
| 1908 | 201 | #239 | 0.60 |
| 1907 | 196 | #240 | 0.62 |
| 1906 | 176 | #244 | 0.60 |
| 1905 | 151 | #267 | 0.52 |
| 1904 | 120 | #295 | 0.44 |
| 1903 | 134 | #264 | 0.51 |
| 1902 | 124 | #281 | 0.47 |
| 1901 | 88 | #321 | 0.37 |
| 1900 | 107 | #328 | 0.36 |
| 1899 | 92 | #312 | 0.39 |
| 1898 | 91 | #328 | 0.35 |
| 1897 | 68 | #355 | 0.29 |
| 1896 | 77 | #332 | 0.32 |
| 1895 | 57 | #372 | 0.24 |
| 1894 | 56 | #373 | 0.25 |
| 1893 | 52 | #374 | 0.24 |
| 1892 | 56 | #353 | 0.26 |
| 1891 | 46 | #367 | 0.25 |
| 1890 | 46 | #370 | 0.24 |
| 1889 | 35 | #412 | 0.20 |
| 1888 | 34 | #426 | 0.19 |
| 1887 | 31 | #393 | 0.21 |
| 1886 | 38 | #348 | 0.26 |
| 1885 | 30 | #375 | 0.23 |
| 1884 | 19 | #467 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 18 | #453 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 12 | #538 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 14 | #455 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 11 | #526 | 0.12 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Eloise a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eloise has been given almost only to girls: 116 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Eloise: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eloise, and how old are they?
41,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 57% of the 72,815 Americans ever recorded as Eloise. The median Eloise alive today is 8 years old; half are between 3 and 22.
The 2020 Census counted 26,360 people named Eloise (26,305 women and girls, 55 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 27,936 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3,490 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,970 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 850 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 487 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,780 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 28,000 |
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 Eloise born?
The states with the most babies named Eloise are California, Texas and Florida, with 20% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 338 | #86 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 278 | #100 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 240 | #62 | 0.9× |
| New York | 219 | #60 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 200 | #33 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 173 | #44 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 168 | #47 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 160 | #44 | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 150 | #34 | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 123 | #27 | 0.9× |
Where Eloise is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eloise is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.0 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 girls’ 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 Eloise 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 429,583 babies since 1880, Eloise is the third most given (17% of them). In 2025 it was given to 4,256 of their 9,302 babies (46%), the most given that year.
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 Eloise
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Willa | 32,848 |
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 Eloise and names like it
- Compare Eloise and ElsieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEloise peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eloise since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Eloise: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Eloise.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Eloise alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.