Eli

Meaning and origin of Eli

Popularity of Eli in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2023.
• Over recent years, Eli has been rising (+5.2% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Eli every 15 schools, all spellings combined.

Eli in English-speaking countries

Eli ranks 54^th in New Zealand, 79^th in Northern Ireland and 92^nd in United States, against 386^th in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  54^th boys’ name203 babies in 3 years1 boy in 243−6.5% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  79^th boys’ name88 babies in 3 years1 boy in 289−4% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  96^th boys’ name120 babies in 3 years1 boy in 371−8.4% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  92^nd boys’ name11,271 babies in 3 years1 boy in 456−7.1% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  105^th boys’ name351 babies in 3 years1 boy in 484−5.7% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  142^nd boys’ name112 babies in 3 years1 boy in 641−5.8% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  137^th boys’ name1,174 babies in 3 years1 boy in 704−5.1% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  191^st boys’ name69 babies in 3 years1 boy in 869−9.5% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Eli and Éli are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Éli180
• Elih5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Eli

• Lior
• Aron
• Caleb
• Ely
• Aksel
• Johan
• Lohan
• Gaby
• Elie
• Jacob
• Haron
• Ishak

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin