Eliseo
Masculine · “God is salvation”
Eliseo is the Spanish and Italian form of a prophet's name that has been in continuous use since antiquity — Elisha, who follows Elijah in the Hebrew Bible. Four syllables, every one of them open, with the stress landing on the bright SEH near the end. It has been on American records since the earliest years the government kept them, and it is climbing again now.
How old is the name Eliseo?
Eliseo was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Eliseo alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 10,500 people named Eliseo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eliseo most popular?
Eliseo peaked in 2025, reaching #550 nationally. Today it ranks #550, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elishaʿ to Eliseo
The story of Eliseo
The name begins as Elishaʿ in the Hebrew scriptures, borne by the prophet who inherits Elijah's mantle in the Books of Kings. Greek-speaking translators of those books wrote it Elisaios, Latin turned that into Eliseus, and from the Latin came Spanish and Italian Eliseo, Portuguese Eliseu and French Élisée. It traveled into the Americas with Spanish, which is why in the United States it has long been strongest in Texas, California and Arizona. The English-speaking world kept the older shape, Elisha, so the two forms of one name have run side by side here for well over a century.
Meaning
God is salvation
From Hebrew Elishaʿ, combining El, "God," with a root meaning salvation or deliverance; often rendered more literally as "my God is salvation."
How the name formed
- Elishaʿ
- Elisaios
- Eliseus
- Eliseo
Related forms: Elishaʿ · Elisha · Eliseu · Élisée · Yelisey · Elizeusz
Pronouncing Eliseo
eh-lee-SEH-oh
That is the Spanish and Italian pronunciation, with the stress on the third syllable. English speakers commonly say eh-lih-SAY-oh, which most bearers accept without correction.
Nicknames for Eliseo
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 2025547 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #550reached in 2025
- Change vs 2023
- +42.4%547 in 2025, from 384
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Eliseo in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Elishaʿ in Hebrew — transliteration
- Elisha in English — same name
- Eliseu in Portuguese — same name
- Élisée in French — same name
- Yelisey in Russian — transliteration
- Elizeusz in Polish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Arizona.
Eliseos among us
people named Eliseo are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 3,123 born in 2025 was named Eliseo
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Xzavier test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eliseo's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Xzavier climbed just as high around 2010, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Xzavier's path sketches the road Eliseo is walking now.
Eliseo is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Eliseo is headed
Eliseo looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 20% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Eliseo beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eliseo in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- One name that works in Spanish, Italian and English without changing its spelling — useful in a bilingual family.
- A documented line running from the Hebrew Bible through Greek and Latin to the modern Romance languages.
- Shortens cleanly to Eli, a form already familiar to English speakers of every generation.
- Present in American records since record-keeping began, so it is neither a new coinage nor a revival that needs explaining.
- The pronunciation shifts between Spanish and English, and a child may end up answering to two versions of his own name depending on the room. Most families settle into this early; some find it wearing.
- Expect Eliseo to be confused in writing with Elisha, Elias and Eliezer, and to be spelled Elisio or Eliseio by people hearing it for the first time.
- The short form Eli is shared with a large cohort of Elijahs, Elias and Elis, so it will be much less distinctive than the full name.
- Outside the states where it is strongest, he is unlikely to meet another Eliseo — pleasant for most children, occasionally tiring for the one who has to spell it at every desk.
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Frequently asked
- How many Eliseos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 10,500 people named Eliseo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Eliseo in 2025?
- Eliseo ranks #550 among US boy names in 2025, with 547 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eliseo?
- About 1 in every 3,123 US boys born in 2025 was named Eliseo — 547 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eliseo with classmates?
- Eliseo will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Eliseo
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