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Baby name
Eli
Boy
Origin of the name
Eli comes from the Hebrew, “ascended, high.” In the Bible, Eli is the priest who raised the prophet Samuel.
Rising name
153,495births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 43rank at its peak, in 2012
Where babies named Eli are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Eli is most common in Alaska (1.9 times), Nevada (1.8) and Utah (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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