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Eclipse

ih-KLIPS /ɪˈklɪps/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025 (girls)
Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2024 (#12,161)
Babies in 2024 (girls)
7 (<0.01% of girls)
As a boy name
#9,714 in 2025 (7 babies)
Peak (girls)
#9,616 in 2023
First recorded
2017 (as a girl name; 2025 as a boy name)

Meaning of Eclipse

Eclipse drifts into the nursery like a hush at midday, her name born of the ancient Greek ekleipsis—“to leave, to hide away”—and carried through Latin to modern ears, where it still slips between light and shadow with practiced grace. She wears celestial drama as casually as a silk haori: the Moon’s quiet interlude across the Sun, the sudden twilight that sends cicadas into confused applause, and, in old Japanese lore, the moment Amaterasu’s brilliance was coaxed back from the cave, promising renewal after the briefest dark. For all that grandeur, there’s a sly wink in her rarity; hospital records show her arriving only a handful of times each year, as if she understands the art of limited editions. Eclipse speaks to parents who savor the cool thrill of cosmic spectacle, who hear freedom in the silvery hush before the sky remembers its light, and who trust that a child so named will grow comfortable guiding others through luminous moments and gentle dusk alike.

How to pronounce Eclipse

Popularity of Eclipse in the U.S.

Eclipse was last recorded in the U.S. in 2024, ranked #12,161 with 7 babies. It peaked at #9,616 in 2023. It first appears in the records in 2017. As a boy name it was #9,714 in 2025, with 7 babies.

Bar and line chart: Eclipse in the U.S., 2017–2024. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 10 in 2023 and 7 in 2024. Line: rank among girl names, peak #9,616 in 2023, #12,161 in 2024.
  • Girls named Eclipse (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2017–2024. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Girls year by year, 2017⁠–⁠2024 4 rows
Eclipse: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2024712,161▼ 2,545
2023109,616back (not recorded in 2022)
2021613,464back (not recorded in 2018–2020)
2017515,902new
Boys year by year, 2025 1 row
Eclipse: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
202579,714new