Masculine dossier · first seen 1905

Eliot

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Eliot
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2012

Peak rank proxy

216

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1905Peak 20122024

Peak year

2012

Decline from peak

36.6%

2024

137

All-time

7,759

Eliot has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2012, when 216 boys were named Eliot.

In 2024, only 137 boys were given the name.

Down 36.6% from its peak.

All told, about 7,759 Americans have been named Eliot and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1905.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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