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How popular is the name Eli?
Births per year, rank history and how many Elis are alive today.
Eli (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 137th in 2025 with 373 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2016, when 619 babies were given the name, the 105th most popular that year. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 8,400 babies have been named Eli in England and Wales since 1996. Eli is also a common short form of Elijah, so many people called Eli are registered under the longer name.
The Eli you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Elis born in England and Wales are between 5 and 13, and there are at least 8,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 2.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Eli.
How many babies are named Eli each year?
Where does Eli rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Eli most popular?
Eli peaked in 2016, when 619 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Eli?
At least 8,600 people named Eli born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Eli?
Most living Elis are between 5 and 13; the most common age is about 9.
Is Eli becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.