Elliot
#1,034 for girls in 2025, 241 births · #151 for boys in 2025, 2,417 births
Given to boys 89.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 2,532 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 58,592since 1880
Elliot over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,034 | 241 | #151 | 2,417 |
| 2024 | #945 | 279 | #150 | 2,376 |
| 2023 | #894 | 299 | #178 | 2,066 |
| 2022 | #788 | 360 | #150 | 2,532 |
| 2021 | #772 | 369 | #159 | 2,416 |
| 2020 | #572 | 511 | #164 | 2,319 |
| 2019 | #593 | 511 | #171 | 2,253 |
| 2018 | #633 | 471 | #162 | 2,375 |
| 2017 | #613 | 495 | #161 | 2,437 |
| 2016 | #632 | 474 | #180 | 2,242 |
| 2015 | #634 | 450 | #208 | 1,912 |
| 2014 | #762 | 367 | #216 | 1,772 |
| 2013 | #844 | 310 | #241 | 1,503 |
| 2012 | #859 | 310 | #241 | 1,502 |
| 2011 | #875 | 298 | #272 | 1,287 |
| 2010 | #1,149 | 212 | #301 | 1,080 |
| 2009 | #1,379 | 172 | #297 | 1,111 |
| 2008 | #1,331 | 185 | #328 | 1,004 |
| 2007 | #1,510 | 153 | #357 | 883 |
| 2006 | #1,988 | 100 | #369 | 812 |
| 2005 | #1,924 | 100 | #386 | 750 |
| 2004 | #2,175 | 82 | #396 | 666 |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | #420 | 612 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 | #437 | 569 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #450 | 539 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #468 | 503 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #502 | 429 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #467 | 482 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #468 | 464 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #478 | 458 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #437 | 521 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #435 | 525 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #392 | 587 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #404 | 562 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #375 | 608 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #369 | 632 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #315 | 759 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #400 | 498 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #431 | 415 |
| 1986 | — | #436 | 388 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #398 | 453 |
| 1984 | — | #383 | 452 | |
| 1983 | — | #330 | 563 | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #416 | 403 |
| 1981 | — | #515 | 268 | |
| 1980 | — | #513 | 273 | |
| 1979 | — | #550 | 242 | |
| 1978 | — | #569 | 217 | |
| 1977 | — | #590 | 204 | |
| 1976 | — | #550 | 215 | |
| 1975 | — | #552 | 213 | |
| 1974 | — | #549 | 213 | |
| 1973 | — | #591 | 179 | |
| 1972 | — | #641 | 153 | |
| 1971 | — | #648 | 161 | |
| 1970 | — | #678 | 147 | |
| 1969 | — | #641 | 154 | |
| 1968 | — | #645 | 138 | |
| 1967 | — | #640 | 135 | |
| 1966 | — | #663 | 124 | |
| 1965 | — | #597 | 162 | |
| 1964 | — | #673 | 131 | |
| 1963 | — | #667 | 137 | |
| 1962 | — | #618 | 156 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #574 | 189 |
| 1960 | — | #624 | 156 | |
| 1959 | — | #706 | 119 | |
| 1958 | — | #660 | 136 | |
| 1957 | — | #644 | 142 | |
| 1956 | — | #636 | 142 | |
| 1955 | — | #632 | 138 | |
| 1954 | — | #582 | 161 | |
| 1953 | — | #581 | 153 | |
| 1952 | — | #487 | 209 | |
| 1951 | — | #467 | 212 | |
| 1950 | — | #477 | 194 | |
| 1949 | — | #471 | 195 | |
| 1948 | — | #416 | 260 | |
| 1947 | — | #442 | 229 | |
| 1946 | — | #462 | 190 | |
| 1945 | — | #478 | 157 | |
| 1944 | — | #541 | 127 | |
| 1943 | — | #513 | 147 | |
| 1942 | — | #536 | 130 | |
| 1941 | — | #553 | 117 | |
| 1940 | — | #631 | 89 | |
| 1939 | — | #617 | 89 | |
| 1938 | — | #660 | 82 | |
| 1937 | — | #618 | 89 | |
| 1936 | — | #644 | 81 | |
| 1935 | — | #778 | 63 | |
| 1934 | — | #682 | 79 | |
| 1933 | — | #587 | 98 | |
| 1932 | — | #677 | 81 | |
| 1931 | — | #775 | 65 | |
| 1930 | — | #738 | 74 | |
| 1929 | — | #836 | 61 | |
| 1928 | — | #702 | 81 | |
| 1927 | — | #649 | 95 | |
| 1926 | — | #663 | 90 | |
| 1925 | — | #746 | 77 | |
| 1924 | — | #585 | 118 | |
| 1923 | — | #682 | 89 | |
| 1922 | — | #855 | 64 | |
| 1921 | — | #707 | 85 | |
| 1920 | — | #744 | 77 | |
| 1919 | — | #695 | 80 | |
| 1918 | — | #789 | 68 | |
| 1917 | — | #864 | 54 | |
| 1916 | — | #781 | 62 | |
| 1915 | — | #868 | 50 | |
| 1914 | — | #724 | 52 | |
| 1913 | — | #777 | 37 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | #793 | 17 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elliot was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Elliot is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Vermont#64 · 1 in 168
- Minnesota#64 · 1 in 260
- Maine#66 · 1 in 214
- South Dakota#81 · 1 in 262
- Alaska#83 · 1 in 253
Best ever in a state: #26 in Vermont, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #64 | 104 | 1 in 260 |
| Vermont | #64 | 9 | 1 in 168 |
| Maine | #66 | 20 | 1 in 214 |
| South Dakota | #81 | 15 | 1 in 262 |
| Alaska | #83 | 12 | 1 in 253 |
| New Hampshire | #86 | 17 | 1 in 253 |
| North Dakota | #88 | 14 | 1 in 289 |
| Oregon | #99 | 47 | 1 in 370 |
| Massachusetts | #105 | 73 | 1 in 395 |
| Wisconsin | #106 | 69 | 1 in 377 |
| Montana | #113 | 11 | 1 in 329 |
| Connecticut | #117 | 31 | 1 in 453 |
| Ohio | #118 | 130 | 1 in 449 |
| District of Columbia | #121 | 11 | 1 in 394 |
| Colorado | #124 | 55 | 1 in 481 |
| Idaho | #124 | 18 | 1 in 439 |
| Rhode Island | #126 | 9 | 1 in 395 |
| Pennsylvania | #128 | 111 | 1 in 524 |
| Washington | #132 | 67 | 1 in 531 |
| Iowa | #138 | 31 | 1 in 479 |
| Michigan | #139 | 84 | 1 in 553 |
| Kentucky | #140 | 41 | 1 in 528 |
| Illinois | #142 | 107 | 1 in 579 |
| Missouri | #143 | 58 | 1 in 528 |
| Indiana | #145 | 62 | 1 in 556 |
| Utah | #147 | 38 | 1 in 535 |
| Kansas | #149 | 29 | 1 in 519 |
| New York | #163 | 132 | 1 in 739 |
| Nebraska | #164 | 18 | 1 in 543 |
| California | #170 | 288 | 1 in 749 |
| Hawaii | #170 | 8 | 1 in 530 |
| New Jersey | #180 | 52 | 1 in 786 |
| Oklahoma | #181 | 29 | 1 in 667 |
| Louisiana | #190 | 34 | 1 in 702 |
| Arizona | #197 | 45 | 1 in 769 |
| New Mexico | #200 | 11 | 1 in 736 |
| Tennessee | #203 | 44 | 1 in 824 |
| North Carolina | #211 | 58 | 1 in 885 |
| Maryland | #215 | 27 | 1 in 982 |
| Texas | #231 | 173 | 1 in 1,018 |
| Virginia | #232 | 40 | 1 in 1,019 |
| Florida | #240 | 86 | 1 in 1,124 |
| Nevada | #256 | 13 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Mississippi | #267 | 12 | 1 in 1,111 |
| Alabama | #272 | 19 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Georgia | #279 | 42 | 1 in 1,278 |
| West Virginia | #328 | 5 | 1 in 1,499 |
| South Carolina | #337 | 13 | 1 in 1,615 |
| Arkansas | #345 | 9 | 1 in 1,524 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elliot
- 1 spot since 2024 (#150 → #151)
- 13 spots since 2020 (#164 → #151)
- 57 spots since 2015 (#208 → #151)
- Biggest jump: 397 spots in 1913 (#1,174 → #777)
- Biggest drop: 467 spots in 1906 (#786 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2022 at #150 (2,532 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 130 yrs · run 1913–2025
- Highest: 1 in 690 boys born in 2022 were named Elliot (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 707 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
- 31.3% of all boys named Elliot (18,363) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #745 (1880) | #827 |
| 1890s | 62 | #548 (1899) | #772 |
| 1900s | 62 | #786 (1905) | #970 |
| 1910s | 453 | #695 (1919) | #819 |
| 1920s | 837 | #585 (1924) | #717 |
| 1930s | 801 | #587 (1933) | #678 |
| 1940s | 1,641 | #416 (1948) | #504 |
| 1950s | 1,606 | #467 (1951) | #587 |
| 1960s | 1,482 | #574 (1961) | #634 |
| 1970s | 1,944 | #549 (1974) | #592 |
| 1980s | 4,472 | #315 (1989) | #414 |
| 1990s | 5,268 | #369 (1990) | #433 |
| 2000s | 7,449 | #297 (2009) | #391 |
| 2010s | 18,363 | #161 (2017) | #215 |
| 2020s | 14,126 | #150 (2022) | #159 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elliot in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 3,488 of them was named Elliot, which outranked 96.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #609Sloan497
- #611Emmy496
- #611Hayley496
- #613Elliot495
- #613Amalia495
- #615Collins494
- #616Jaylah488
- #617Kailani486
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 760 of them was named Elliot, which outranked 98.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.