What is Eli short for?
Eli is short for Elijah, Elias and Alijah. In 2025, 3,418 boys and 35 girls in the United States were given Eli as their full name, with nothing longer behind it, according to Social Security records.
The names behind Eli
Each count is the number of children given that name in the United States in 2025, from US Social Security records. A name given to fewer than five children in a year is left out of the published file.
Elijah Hebrew origin
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Eli from Elijah: the gentle classic.
15 girls and 11,111 boys named Elijah in 2025