Eli is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “ascent.” In 2024 it was given to 3,723 boys in the United States.
Eli belongs to the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “ascent” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Eli first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #43 in 2012, and in 2024 3,723 babies received the name — 149,990 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Eli means “ascent” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Eli is a boy name. In 2024, 3,723 babies received the name in the US.
Eli comes from the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition.
Eli first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #43 in 2012, and 3,723 babies were given the name in 2024.
Eli is pronounced /ˈilaɪ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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