Eloy
Eloy is a given name which may refer to:Saint Eligius or Eloy (588–660), Christian saint and bishop Eloy Alfaro (1842–1912), President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911 Eloy Álvarez (1896–1951), Argentine actor Eloy d'Amerval, French Renaissance composer, singer, choirmaster and poet Eloy Azorin, Spanish actor Eloy Campos, Peruvian former footballer Eloy Cantú Segovia, Mexican…
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Eloy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Eloy is a given name which may refer to:Saint Eligius or Eloy (588–660), Christian saint and bishop Eloy Alfaro (1842–1912), President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911 Eloy Álvarez (1896–1951), Argentine actor Eloy d'Amerval, French Renaissance composer, singer, choirmaster and poet Eloy Azorin, Spanish actor Eloy Campos, Peruvian former footballer Eloy Cantú Segovia, Mexican…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Eloy
The earliest SSA record of Eloy as a baby boy name dates back to 1908, when 6 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 118 newborns named Eloy — #1,007 in the national rankings. As of 2026, Eloy ranks #2,859 for baby boys with 44 births, gradually falling (-14%). All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Eloy
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About the name Eloy
Eloy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Eloy's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #700. Use the chart and map above to compare Eloy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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