Boy Names That Start With E

These are the 87 boy names that start with E, have reached the top 500 as a boy's name at some point since 1880, and still go to boys rather than girls today. Ranked by the number of boys given each name in 2025, most common first.

All 87 names

1. Elijah #7 11,111
2. Elias #13 8,837
3. Ezra #20 8,126
4. Ethan #24 7,852
5. Ezekiel #61 5,091
6. Enzo #72 4,556
7. Everett #77 4,287
8. Emiliano #94 3,701
9. Eithan #97 3,636
10. Eli #104 3,418
11. Easton #110 3,198
12. Emmett #121 2,950
13. Elian #147 2,448
14. Elliot #151 2,417
15. Evan #153 2,412
16. Emilio #154 2,397
17. Elliott #160 2,287
18. Emmanuel #179 2,035
19. Edward #224 1,591
20. Ellis #243 1,417
21. Emerson #254 1,371
22. Eric #273 1,256
23. Eliam #313 1,085
24. Ezequiel #348 943
25. Erick #366 879
26. Elio #388 818
27. Edwin #398 798
28. Eduardo #410 778
29. Esteban #461 673
30. Edgar #486 617
31. Eden #544 551
32. Erik #545 549
33. Enrique #571 517
34. Emanuel #574 513
35. Enoch #746 348
36. Emmitt #769 333
37. Elisha #788 322
38. Eddie #860 280
39. Ernesto #878 272
40. Emory #883 269
41. Eugene #943 249
42. Ephraim #988 231
43. Ernest #1038 213
44. Edmund #1081 199
45. Elmer #1222 165
46. Emil #1267 155
47. Elvis #1328 145
48. Efrain #1492 118
49. Emmet #1554 110
50. Everette #1571 108
51. Eddy #1602 106
52. Elvin #1644 102
53. Ervin #1654 101
54. Elwood #1919 81
55. Edmond #2006 75
56. Evans #2077 71
57. Emile #2091 70
58. Earl #2230 63
59. Eldon #2304 60
60. Elton #2304 60
61. Erwin #2390 57
62. Enos #3128 38
63. Elden #3240 36
64. Emmit #3314 35
65. Elie #3513 32
66. Earnest #4139 25
67. Elroy #4539 22
68. Elwin #4857 20
69. Ernie #5208 18
70. Errol #5399 17
71. Erich #5861 15
72. Evert #6803 12
73. Early #7679 10
74. Elbert #8243 9
75. Eldridge #10695 6
76. Edsel #12008 5
77. Earle
78. Ed
79. Edd
80. Egbert
81. Ellsworth
82. Elmo
83. Elmore
84. Elzie
85. Ephriam
86. Erastus
87. Ernst

Also starting with E, and now given almost only to girls: Emma, Elizabeth, Emery, Erin, Essie, Ethel, Elza

Boy names that start with E in the 2025 data

E is the sixth most common first letter for boys born in 2025: 117,330 of them, 6.9% of every boy in the file. It held sixth place a decade ago too, and its share has grown from 5.7% to 6.9%.

This list holds the 87 of those names that reached the top 500 as a boy's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to boys rather than girls. The most common today is Elijah, #7 with 11,111 boys in 2025. 9 of the 87 are in this year's top 100, and 76 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Seven other names starting with E are left out — Emma, Elizabeth and Emery among them. Each reached the top 500 among boys at some point, but fewer than one in ten children given it over the last ten years was a boy. Together they account for 99,778 of those 117,330 boys — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.

The fastest climber among them is Elio, up from #2,169 in 2015 to #388 in 2025. Edgar has gone the other way, from #317 to #486. The shortest name here is Ed at 2 letters, the longest Ellsworth at 9.

Questions about boy names that start with E

What is the most popular boy name that starts with E?

Elijah. 11,111 boys were given the name in 2025, which put it at #7 nationally.

How many boy names start with E?

87 have reached the top 500 as a boy's name and still go to boys today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 117,330 boys born in 2025 — 6.9% of the total — were given a name starting with E.

Are boy names that start with E getting more popular?

E is gaining ground. It was sixth among first letters for boys a decade ago with 5.7% of births, and it is sixth in 2025 with 6.9%.