Elston

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1961 · 50 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,120
since 1911

Elston over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elston has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #1,108, 1961boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#10,6956
2024—#9,8947
2023——
2022—#8,9908
2021—#6,33513
2020—#9,5547
2019—#9,7567
2018—#12,1565
2017—#7,54610
2016#16,2155#7,15711
2015—#8,7448
2014—#8,1309
2013—#9,6557
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2010—#9,6937
2009—#8,3109
2008—#9,8717
2007—#8,1739
2006—#12,0555
2005——
2004—#9,9486
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2001—#10,5565
2000—#9,1126
1999——
1998—#9,6315
1997—#8,1106
1996—#7,9716
1995——
1994—#5,8689
1993—#8,7005
1992—#6,1288
1991—#5,9428
1990—#5,3829
1989—#6,2297
1988—#5,2008
1987—#4,5739
1986—#3,65312
1985—#4,6988
1984—#3,70111
1983—#3,63011
1982—#4,2349
1981—#5,4686
1980—#3,83810
1979—#4,8427
1978—#4,5547
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1975—#4,3097
1974—#3,8378
1973—#4,5056
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1971—#4,9075
1970—#3,07110
1969——
1968—#2,31113
1967—#2,35212
1966—#2,13214
1965—#1,77420
1964—#1,43530
1963—#1,25538
1962—#1,21541
1961—#1,10850
1960—#1,40032
1959—#1,38732
1958—#1,39631
1957—#1,48728
1956—#1,41830
1955—#1,68221
1954—#2,7439
1953—#2,7099
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1951—#3,7145
1950—#3,0217
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1947—#3,0967
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1944—#2,8627
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1942—#3,2126
1941—#2,8727
1940—#2,6718
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1938—#2,8687
1937—#3,5185
1936—#3,1476
1935—#2,7198
1934—#3,2776
1933—#3,2686
1932—#2,8498
1931—#2,47110
1930—#1,82117
1929—#2,31712
1928—#2,16214
1927—#3,1518
1926—#3,1398
1925—#1,87018
1924—#2,13215
1923—#2,02016
1922—#2,34713
1921—#1,82919
1920—#1,96617
1919—#1,97316
1918—#1,64821
1917—#2,7329
1916—#2,38911
1915—#2,31011
1914—#1,68714
1913—#2,2737
1912—#2,0457
1911—#1,7405
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Elston! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1939, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Elston is popular in 1911

No state had 5 or more boys named Elston in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Elston
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 801 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #10,695)
  • 1,141 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #10,695)
  • 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1961 at #1,108 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 42,484
  • Highest: 1 in 42,484 boys born in 1961 were named Elston (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 22.3% of all boys named Elston (250) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s101#1,648 (1918)#2,089
1920s140#1,829 (1921)#2,293
1930s73#1,821 (1930)#2,882
1940s35#2,671 (1940)#2,943
1950s172#1,387 (1959)#2,173
1960s250#1,108 (1961)#1,665
1970s50#3,071 (1970)#4,289
1980s91#3,630 (1983)#4,522
1990s56#5,382 (1990)#7,217
2000s47#8,173 (2007)#9,718
2010s64#7,157 (2016)#9,105
2020s41#6,335 (2021)#9,094

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.

Elston in 1911

boys
#1,740
5 births · 1 in 45,194 boys

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #1,740Elston5
More about 1911

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 45,194 of them was named Elston, which outranked 13.0% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elston
  1. #1,537Wladyslaw6
  2. #1,537Ygnacio6
  3. #1,537Zollie6
  4. #1,740Elston5
  5. #1,740Achille5
  6. #1,740Aden5
  7. #1,740Adolphe5

Tied with 259 names at #1,740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →