Elliott

#599 for girls in 2025, 489 births · #160 for boys in 2025, 2,287 births
Given to boys 88.5% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · boys
2020 · 2,365 births
Debut · boys
21 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
62,551
since 1880

Elliott over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #463, 2019girlsboysat peak
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#599489#1602,287
2024#612488#1622,224
2023#659446#1672,164
2022#625472#1682,233
2021#557550#1692,278
2020#486631#1582,365
2019#463673#1612,453
2018#538584#1682,308
2017#532582#1602,438
2016#634472#1922,094
2015#672426#2121,875
2014#831333#2331,595
2013#902283#2441,480
2012#1,065236#2771,266
2011#1,189202#3051,069
2010#1,269188#3151,014
2009#1,383171#349895
2008#1,573145#385795
2007#1,829116#383793
2006#2,26784#387773
2005#2,01493#413658
2004#2,58964#457566
2003#2,57762#510477
2002#4,07131#537417
2001#5,82219#548391
2000#8,02712#539405
1999#5,66118#538382
1998#4,95521#500430
1997#5,01020#507404
1996#7,13012#500417
1995#6,64113#495433
1994#5,98415#460478
1993#5,95515#396585
1992#6,31414#399576
1991#7,98710#398571
1990#6,46513#358672
1989#6,53112#343669
1988#6,66611#377531
1987#5,07415#414444
1986—#397453
1985#6,03111#389461
1984#9,1446#349528
1983#6,21210#325582
1982#8,2247#371468
1981#10,4115#487293
1980#10,3925#462333
1979#6,6969#480296
1978#8,5626#542233
1977#9,6525#495270
1976—#536227
1975—#550214
1974—#544217
1973#6,0808#513232
1972—#567200
1971#8,3245#503262
1970—#526236
1969—#511232
1968—#520213
1967—#529197
1966—#499229
1965—#484255
1964—#533215
1963#6,5925#502255
1962—#492260
1961—#457311
1960—#477275
1959—#510235
1958—#542202
1957#6,0865#522218
1956—#478252
1955—#496221
1954—#450258
1953—#452250
1952—#458237
1951—#422259
1950—#424250
1949—#392292
1948—#366343
1947—#370349
1946#4,4176#394272
1945—#339310
1944—#410215
1943—#402235
1942—#384252
1941—#421193
1940—#411197
1939—#407197
1938—#433175
1937#4,2555#453154
1936—#454154
1935—#395191
1934—#386200
1933—#389196
1932—#473148
1931—#463148
1930—#441177
1929—#447177
1928—#468169
1927—#421206
1926—#418209
1925#4,9735#437189
1924—#439194
1923—#449185
1922—#418205
1921#4,4646#398233
1920#4,9755#450180
1919—#448171
1918#3,8697#485151
1917#4,0836#460152
1916—#443158
1915—#410172
1914—#422129
1913—#409111
1912—#42485
1911—#37256
1910—#39644
1909—#34446
1908—#33046
1907—#49522
1906—#44325
1905—#36532
1904—#40127
1903—#36028
1902—#36729
1901—#46617
1900—#38533
1899—#43818
1898—#33932
1897—#39223
1896—#38825
1895—#32931
1894—#41221
1893—#44817
1892—#34829
1891—#37721
1890—#35824
1889—#58111
1888—#35926
1887—#48813
1886—#36922
1885—#52113
1884—#37522
1883—#32426
1882—#38921
1881—#34822
1880—#37321
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elliott was already there! It came in at #373, and was given to 21 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.

Where Elliott is popular in 1891

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Elliott
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#162 → #160)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#158 → #160)
  • 52 spots since 2015 (#212 → #160)
  • Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1890 (#581 → #358)
  • Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1889 (#359 → #581)
Rise & fade · boys
140 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2020 at #158 (2,365 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 730
  • Highest: 1 in 730 boys born in 2020 were named Elliott (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 747 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.1% of all boys named Elliott (17,592) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s197#324 (1883)#413
1890s241#329 (1895)#383
1900s305#330 (1908)#396
1910s1,229#372 (1911)#427
1920s1,947#398 (1921)#435
1930s1,740#386 (1934)#429
1940s2,658#339 (1945)#389
1950s2,382#422 (1951)#475
1960s2,442#457 (1961)#500
1970s2,387#480 (1979)#526
1980s4,762#325 (1983)#391
1990s4,948#358 (1990)#455
2000s6,170#349 (2009)#451
2010s17,592#160 (2017)#227
2020s13,551#158 (2020)#164

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.

Elliott in 1891

boys
#377
21 births · 1 in 4,819 boys

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #377Elliott21
More about 1891

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 4,819 of them was named Elliott, which outranked 66.5% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elliott
  1. #364Taylor22
  2. #364Ted22
  3. #364Truman22
  4. #377Elliott21
  5. #377Al21
  6. #377Emerson21
  7. #377Fay21
  8. #386Alton20
  9. #386Aubrey20
  10. #386Buck20

Tied with 8 names at #377; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 487Colonel#884 → #397
  2. ↑ 470Mahlon#994 → #524
  3. ↑ 457Hezekiah#884 → #427
  4. ↑ 430Ruby#994 → #564
  5. ↑ 397Essie#994 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Pierce#389 → #963
  2. ↓ 505Omar#458 → #963
  3. ↓ 452Benton#511 → #963
  4. ↓ 430Ivory#533 → #963
  5. ↓ 430Pleasant#533 → #963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1891 →