Eilon

Boys' name

Oak tree, through Elon

Eilon has been given to 31 babies in the U.S. since 2013. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2021, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Eilon, 2024

1 in 669,000

Eilon over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Eilon: meaning, origin, and history

Oak tree, through Elon

Hebrew

What Eilon means

Eilon belongs to the name family reached through Eilon → Elon. Its meaning is “oak tree”.

Origin, language, and formation

Eilon is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 31 boys were recorded with the name Eilon between 2013 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2021; its best national rank was #9,056 in 2021.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Eilon?

Eilon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Eilon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eilon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eilons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eilon was born before 2018 — so the typical Eilon is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 58.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 31; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 58.1% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Eilon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2021 (8)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,056; 2021

Spellings of Eilon

Eilon is not the most common spelling — Milton is, with 18.5% against Eilon's <0.01%.

Milton18.5%117,936
Simon11.0%70,283
Dillon10.2%65,225
Wilson7.6%48,807
Zion7.3%46,871
Milo6.9%43,847
Eldon4.1%26,102
Elton3.3%21,353

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Eilon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,056; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 8 that year
First recorded: 2013
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 31
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Eilon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Eiler Aylon Eilam Eilan Eilert Nylon Eiljah Erlon Jylon Avalon Jelon Callon Calon Rhylon Zylon Taelon Eulon Brelon Xylon Dellon Skylon Kealon Berlon Caelon

Sibling names for Eilon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Journi Lennox Berkley Layne Legacy Marleigh Adley Giavanna

For a brother

Henri Rian Finnley Axton Yaakov Grey Magnus Ameer

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