US Name Trends

Eloise

The Greek and Latin form of Elijah, Hebrew for “my God is Yahweh.”

2025peak year
No. 49best rank (2025)
72,815babies since 1880
No. 49rank in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Eloise per year — peak 4,251▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Eloise appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 2022 to 2025. Its biggest year was 2025, when 4,251 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 49 nationally. In 2025 it ranked No. 49 for girls. All told, 72,815 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Elias (129,502), Elouise (11,403), Elease (3,047), Elois (2,652), Elyas (2,084), Ellouise (1,029) (total births since 1880)

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1880s242No. 346
1890s641No. 312
1900s1,540No. 230
1910s7,071No. 187
1920s11,922No. 164
1930s7,469No. 189
1940s5,883No. 250
1950s3,676No. 341
1960s1,305No. 747
1970s429No. 1464
1980s314No. 2119
1990s359No. 2570
2000s1,573No. 911
2010s12,235No. 149
2020s18,040No. 49

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.