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Eliot

“Variant of Elliott — My God is Yahweh” — Hebrew via Old French origin

Boy's name · #1401 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Eliot has appeared in US records since 1905 — best rank #799 (1960) · 7,892 babies named Eliot all-time · 1 in 13,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #42 in Hungary (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Eliots

• Eliot Spitzer — 54th Governor of New York from 2007 to 2008
• Eliot Vassamillet — Belgian singer
• Eliot Ness — American Prohibition agent (1903-1957)
• Eliot Engel — American politician (1947 – 2026)
• Eliot Sumner — British musician

In stories & tradition

• Eliot Rosewater — Slaughterhouse-Five · Hocus Pocus
• Eliot — Dead or Alive 4 · Dead or Alive: Dimensions
• Eliot Spencer — Leverage · Leverage: Redemption

What Eliots become

Among 145 notable people named Eliot:

Entertainers appear 1.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer.

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