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
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 50 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,120since 1911
Elston over time
Rank among boys' names. Elston has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,774 | 20 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,435 | 30 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,108 | 50 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,387 | 32 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,396 | 31 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,487 | 28 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,418 | 30 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,682 | 21 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,317 | 12 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,132 | 15 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,966 | 17 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,648 | 21 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#414 · 1 in 4,126
- New York#923 · 1 in 35,909
- Texas#1,005 · 1 in 23,921
Best ever in a state: #414 in Louisiana, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #414 | 10 | 1 in 4,126 |
| New York | #923 | 5 | 1 in 35,909 |
| Texas | #1,005 | 5 | 1 in 23,921 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| 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 Elston
- 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)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1961 at #1,108 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 22.3% of all boys named Elston (250) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 101 | #1,648 (1918) | #2,089 |
| 1920s | 140 | #1,829 (1921) | #2,293 |
| 1930s | 73 | #1,821 (1930) | #2,882 |
| 1940s | 35 | #2,671 (1940) | #2,943 |
| 1950s | 172 | #1,387 (1959) | #2,173 |
| 1960s | 250 | #1,108 (1961) | #1,665 |
| 1970s | 50 | #3,071 (1970) | #4,289 |
| 1980s | 91 | #3,630 (1983) | #4,522 |
| 1990s | 56 | #5,382 (1990) | #7,217 |
| 2000s | 47 | #8,173 (2007) | #9,718 |
| 2010s | 64 | #7,157 (2016) | #9,105 |
| 2020s | 41 | #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 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 42,484 of them was named Elston, which outranked 76.2% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,097Tobin51
- #1,097Valentin51
- #1,097Wayde51
- #1,108Elston50
- #1,108Claudio50
- #1,108Dondi50
- #1,108Hosea50
- #1,121Alvaro49
- #1,121Darvin49
- #1,121Daryll49
Tied with 12 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.