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How popular is the name Eliot?
Births per year, rank history and how many Eliots are alive today.
Eliot (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Elliot in England and Wales, ranked 1066th in 2025 and given to 28 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 73 babies were given the name, the 329th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 38% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Elliot you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Elliots born in England and Wales are between 10 and 28, and there are at least 51,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 16% chance that at least one of them will be called Elliot.
How many babies are named Eliot each year?
Includes all spellings: Eliot, Elliot, Elliott. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Eliot spelling rank?
Where does the Elliot spelling rank?
Where does the Elliott spelling rank?
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 Eliot most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Elliot, peaked in 2016, when 1,922 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Eliot spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 73 babies.
How many people are called Eliot?
At least 51,000 people named Eliot in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Eliot?
Most living Eliots are between 10 and 28; the most common age is about 10.
Is Eliot becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2016 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.