Elo

#9,147 in 2025Boys' name

Life

Elo has been given to 117 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #9,147 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1917, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Elo, 2025

1 in 414,000

Elo 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Elo: meaning, origin, and history

Life

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Elo means

Elo means “life”, associated with elu.

Origin, language, and formation

Elo is used in Danish, Estonian and Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Eliisabet.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Elo is pronounced /ˈelo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 117 boys were recorded with the name Elo between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1917; its best national rank was #2,579 in 1913.

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 Elo?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,147; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Elo 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 2025 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elo was born before 1922 — so the typical Elo is around 103 today.

Median birth year: 1922; About 103 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 39.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 31.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 37; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 39.3% of all recorded uses (46).

Is Elo 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: +2,170; Places climbed
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: 80.0%; Peak was 1917 (10)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,579; 1913

Where Elo is used

Across 1910–2025, Elo was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 323,499 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

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Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Elo has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Elo by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,147
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #2,579; 1913
Peak year: 1917; 10 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 117
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Elo

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

Eloi Eloise Elonzo Cielo Elohim Elom Melo Lamelo Elorm Anyelo Anjelo Ramelo Kaelo Canelo Elon Camelo Kamelo Kanelo Meelo Amelo Elof Eloy Nelo Helo

Sibling names for Elo

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

Lida Albina Harriette Lauretta Lona Garnet Leta Maudie

For a brother

Regis Winfield Gustave Lyman Alva Trinidad Granville Waldo

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