boys:
3.9k births since 1975
#1970 (57th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1975
#4384 (43rd percentile)
The name Eliel is the #4,384 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,928 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 43.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,970 (57.0% percentile) for all time with 3,928 births since 1975.
Eliel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for boys in 1975). Birth data for Eliel is available in 44 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Eliel reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 38.4% percentile (ranked #565) with 208 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 208 births per million (ranked 38.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Eliel ranks #632 for boys (30.7% percentile) with 159 births per million, which is 76.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Eliel".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Eliel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.1% confident that Eliel is pronounced as EH-lee-EHL, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is eh-lee-EHL, at 22.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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