Meaning and history
Spanish form of Eligius, from the Latin eligere, "to choose." Saint Eligius (588-660), known as Saint Eloi in French, was a goldsmith who became an adviser to the Merovingian kings and is now the patron saint of metalworkers.
20062006: 69 births, rank #1,943
2007: 77 births, rank #1,861
2008: 72 births, rank #1,969
2009: 58 births, rank #2,252
2010: 57 births, rank #2,262
20112011: 56 births, rank #2,284
2012: 54 births, rank #2,358
2013: 53 births, rank #2,364
2014: 56 births, rank #2,317
2015: 49 births, rank #2,528
20162016: 43 births, rank #2,783
2017: 55 births, rank #2,345
2018: 52 births, rank #2,472
2019: 49 births, rank #2,626
2020: 48 births, rank #2,617
20212021: 48 births, rank #2,652
2022: 39 births, rank #3,100
2023: 40 births, rank #3,055
2024: 49 births, rank #2,674
20252025: 41 births, rank #2,991
Eloy moved from #953 to #967 for boys between 1985 and 1986. Its highest annual birth count came in 1960, with 112 births.