boy's name

Eloi

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 14,557

Canada

#132

2024 births

Eloi is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 2010, when 230 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 6,205 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1900.

Eloi over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,865
'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Eloi by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 1,345
1910s 1,060
1920s 1,125
1930s 665
1940s 360
1950s 305
1960s 230
1970s 180
1980s 275
1990s 800
2000s 1,765
2010s 1,865
2020s (to 2025) 1,225

How popular is Eloi?

In 2025, Eloi was given to 95 babies in France, ranking #476 that year. It is a rare choice.

Where Eloi is used

Canada #132 243 in 2024
France as Éloi #373 230 in 2025
England & Wales #4,601 4 in 2023
United States #7,919 10 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Eloi is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Éloi Éloi is Eloi written with an acute accent, used in France, where it ranks #373. 1,170
Eloï Eloï is a rare spelling of Eloi, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 25 times, mostly in France. 25

Names that peaked alongside Eloi

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Eloi also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Eloi over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Eloi in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Italian
Eligio
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Eloy

Sibling names for Eloi

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Eloi — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Eloi

How popular is the name Eloi?

In 2025, Eloi was given to 95 babies in France, ranking #476 that year. It is a rare choice.

Is Eloi a girl's or a boy's name?

Eloi is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Eloi most popular?

Eloi peaked in 2010, when 230 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Eloi a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Eloi currently ranks #132 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.