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

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Peak · boys
2022 · 2,532 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
58,592
since 1880

Elliot over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #572, 2020girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,034241#1512,417
2024#945279#1502,376
2023#894299#1782,066
2022#788360#1502,532
2021#772369#1592,416
2020#572511#1642,319
2019#593511#1712,253
2018#633471#1622,375
2017#613495#1612,437
2016#632474#1802,242
2015#634450#2081,912
2014#762367#2161,772
2013#844310#2411,503
2012#859310#2411,502
2011#875298#2721,287
2010#1,149212#3011,080
2009#1,379172#2971,111
2008#1,331185#3281,004
2007#1,510153#357883
2006#1,988100#369812
2005#1,924100#386750
2004#2,17582#396666
2003#3,04349#420612
2002#4,28029#437569
2001#8,75811#450539
2000#6,48716#468503
1999#8,80510#502429
1998#8,58410#467482
1997#6,16315#468464
1996#7,57411#478458
1995#6,64113#437521
1994#9,5868#435525
1993#7,03812#392587
1992#6,65213#404562
1991#8,5889#375608
1990#9,2478#369632
1989#9,6817#315759
1988#6,27712#400498
1987#7,3539#431415
1986#436388
1985#10,6775#398453
1984#383452
1983#330563
1982#8,2247#416403
1981#515268
1980#513273
1979#550242
1978#569217
1977#590204
1976#550215
1975#552213
1974#549213
1973#591179
1972#641153
1971#648161
1970#678147
1969#641154
1968#645138
1967#640135
1966#663124
1965#597162
1964#673131
1963#667137
1962#618156
1961#6,5675#574189
1960#624156
1959#706119
1958#660136
1957#644142
1956#636142
1955#632138
1954#582161
1953#581153
1952#487209
1951#467212
1950#477194
1949#471195
1948#416260
1947#442229
1946#462190
1945#478157
1944#541127
1943#513147
1942#536130
1941#553117
1940#63189
1939#61789
1938#66082
1937#61889
1936#64481
1935#77863
1934#68279
1933#58798
1932#67781
1931#77565
1930#73874
1929#83661
1928#70281
1927#64995
1926#66390
1925#74677
1924#585118
1923#68289
1922#85564
1921#70785
1920#74477
1919#69580
1918#78968
1917#86454
1916#78162
1915#86850
1914#72452
1913#77737
1912#1,17416
1911#79317
1910#72917
1909#1,0838
1908
1907#9998
1906#1,2535
1905#78610
1904#8109
1903#9107
1902#1,0136
1901
1900#9029
1899#54813
1898#63512
1897
1896#1,1015
1895#8727
1894#8577
1893
1892#68810
1891#7008
1890
1889
1888#7558
1887
1886#9595
1885
1884#8486
1883
1882
1881
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Elliot
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2022 at #150 (2,532 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 130 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 130 yrs · run 1913–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 690
  • Highest: 1 in 690 boys born in 2022 were named Elliot (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 707 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 31.3% of all boys named Elliot (18,363) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s26#745 (1880)#827
1890s62#548 (1899)#772
1900s62#786 (1905)#970
1910s453#695 (1919)#819
1920s837#585 (1924)#717
1930s801#587 (1933)#678
1940s1,641#416 (1948)#504
1950s1,606#467 (1951)#587
1960s1,482#574 (1961)#634
1970s1,944#549 (1974)#592
1980s4,472#315 (1989)#414
1990s5,268#369 (1990)#433
2000s7,449#297 (2009)#391
2010s18,363#161 (2017)#215
2020s14,126#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 1956

boys
#636
142 births · 1 in 14,896 boys

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #636Elliot142
More about 1956

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 14,896 of them was named Elliot, which outranked 85.7% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elliot
  1. #633Tod144
  2. #633Wilfredo144
  3. #635Hollis143
  4. #636Elliot142
  5. #636Shaun142
  6. #638Jed141
  7. #638Lyndon141
  8. #640Avery140

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956