girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Eloise

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #49 Trend ↑ Rising 95%

From French Éloïse, from the Medieval Latin and French forms that gave rise to its doublet Heloise.

Rank 2025
#49
among girls · ↑15 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
4,256
named Eloise · +24% vs 2024
How common
1 in 378
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
4,256 babies
All-time total
72,815
#468 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Eloise popularity over time

72,815 babies have been named Eloise since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 242 – 242 24 – #348
1890s 641 – 641 64 +165% #312
1900s 1,540 – 1,540 154 +140% #230
1910s 7,071 7 7,078 708 +360% #187
1920s 11,922 50 11,972 1,197 +69% #164
1930s 7,469 54 7,523 752 -37% #189
1940s 5,883 – 5,883 588 -22% #250
1950s 3,676 – 3,676 368 -38% #341
1960s 1,305 – 1,305 131 -64% #748
1970s 429 – 429 43 -67% #1,466
1980s 314 – 314 31 -27% #2,128
1990s 359 – 359 36 +14% #2,582
2000s 1,573 – 1,573 157 +338% #913
2010s 12,235 – 12,235 1,224 +678% #149
2020s (to 2025) 18,040 5 18,045 3,008 +146% #49

Where Eloise is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 4,757 2.96 #45
2027 5,235 3.26 #38
2028 5,678 3.53 #31
2029 6,084 3.79 #27
2030 6,453 4.01 #20

Where Eloise is most popular

Girls named Eloise per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.98 per 1,000. Strongest in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Eloise born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Vermont 50 10.3 +421%
Maine 109 7.05 +256%
New Hampshire 122 6.61 +234%
District of Columbia 72 6.07 +207%
Rhode Island 66 5.27 +166%
Alaska 44 5.11 +158%
Montana 68 5.02 +154%
Wyoming 20 4.69 +137%
South Dakota 63 4.41 +123%
Minnesota 461 4.27 +116%
Wisconsin 434 4.21 +113%
Massachusetts 473 3.91 +98%
Connecticut 219 3.76 +90%
North Dakota 49 3.73 +88%
Iowa 216 3.70 +87%
Idaho 123 3.68 +86%
Nebraska 132 3.67 +85%
Oregon 231 3.55 +79%
Louisiana 309 3.53 +78%
Colorado 389 3.48 +76%
Kansas 198 3.43 +73%
Missouri 406 3.37 +70%
Michigan 587 3.22 +63%
Ohio 738 3.11 +57%
South Carolina 274 3.05 +54%
Indiana 424 3.02 +52%
Washington 436 3.02 +52%
Delaware 34 3.00 +51%
Utah 237 2.85 +44%
Illinois 643 2.81 +42%
Virginia 478 2.80 +42%
Pennsylvania 636 2.69 +36%
Tennessee 392 2.47 +25%
West Virginia 64 2.44 +23%
North Carolina 556 2.44 +23%
Kentucky 208 2.43 +23%
Arkansas 126 2.38 +20%
Hawaii 27 2.36 +19%
Alabama 214 2.28 +15%
New York 898 2.27 +14%
Maryland 239 2.26 +14%
Oklahoma 165 2.24 +13%
Nevada 90 1.94 ≈ national
New Jersey 345 1.91 ≈ national
Florida 792 1.85 -7%
Georgia 420 1.85 -7%
Mississippi 86 1.84 -7%
Arizona 240 1.71 -14%
California 1,282 1.53 -23%
Texas 1,125 1.40 -29%
New Mexico 34 1.40 -29%

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Eloise

Eloise is a top-50 name for girls in the United States, ranked #49 in 2025 with 4,251 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 72,815 American babies have been named Eloise. Its peak came in 2025, when 4,256 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Eloise stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Eloise?

The median living Eloise is about 7 years old; half are between 3 and 43. An estimated 43 thousand people named Eloise are alive in the United States today.

median 7 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Eloise year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 4,251 #49 5 #12,575
2024 3,443 #64 – –
2023 2,924 #81 – –
2022 2,905 #86 – –
2021 2,547 #109 – –
2020 1,970 #137 – –
2019 1,902 #149 – –
2018 1,743 #167 – –
2017 1,630 #190 – –
2016 1,567 #208 – –
2015 1,265 #254 – –
2014 1,081 #302 – –
2013 955 #337 – –
2012 860 #363 – –
2011 679 #449 – –
2010 553 #529 – –
2009 297 #913 – –
2008 265 #999 – –
2007 191 #1,283 – –
2006 179 #1,309 – –
2005 165 #1,330 – –
2004 148 #1,406 – –
2003 103 #1,818 – –
2002 88 #1,990 – –
2001 78 #2,117 – –
2000 59 #2,550 – –
1995 39 #2,988 – –
1990 28 #3,739 – –
1985 29 #3,107 – –
1980 29 #3,019 – –
1975 38 #2,209 – –
1970 69 #1,466 – –
1965 138 #855 – –
1960 187 #748 – –
1955 331 #508 – –
1950 524 #341 – –
1945 546 #292 – –
1940 512 #277 – –
1935 729 #230 7 #3,047
1930 1,023 #189 – –
1925 1,212 #180 – –
1920 1,239 #178 9 #3,024
1915 798 #207 – –
1910 273 #236 – –
1905 151 #267 – –
1900 107 #328 – –
1895 57 #372 – –
1890 46 #370 – –
1885 30 #375 – –
1880 11 #526 – –

Famous people named Eloise

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Eloise Mumford Eloise Mumford American actress (born 1986 or 1987) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Eloise, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Eloise?

The median living Eloise is about 7 years old. Half of all living Eloises are between 3 and 43 years old.

How many people named Eloise are alive today?

An estimated 43 thousand people named Eloise are alive in the United States, based on 72,815 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Eloise mean?

From French Éloïse, from the Medieval Latin and French forms that gave rise to its doublet Heloise.

How popular is the name Eloise in 2025?

Eloise ranked #49 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 4,251 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Eloise?

72,815 babies have been named Eloise in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Eloise most popular?

Eloise peaked in 2025, when 4,256 newborns received the name.

Is Eloise a boy or girl name?

Eloise is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Eloise rising or falling?

Eloise is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Eloise become more popular?

Eloise is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 6,453 girls named Eloise in 2030, which would rank around #20. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Eloise?

Well-known people named Eloise include Eloise Mumford (actor).

Names like Eloise

Names that sound and feel close to Eloise: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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