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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #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.

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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 1987

girls
#7,353
9 births · 1 in 193,181 girls
boys
#431
415 births · 1 in 4,499 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #7,353Elliot9

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #431Elliot415
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 193,181 of them was named Elliot, which outranked 44.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elliot
  1. #6,788Yvonna10
  2. #6,788Zarah10
  3. #6,788Zehra10
  4. #7,353Elliot9
  5. #7,353Abi9
  6. #7,353Abigael9
  7. #7,353Adi9
  8. #7,987Aarin8
  9. #7,987Adrena8
  10. #7,987Africa8

Tied with 633 names at #7,353; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 4,499 of them was named Elliot, which outranked 94.7% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elliot
  1. #428Brennan422
  2. #429Dana419
  3. #429Lloyd419
  4. #431Elliot415
  5. #431Frankie415
  6. #431Marlon415
  7. #434Myles411
  8. #435Brendon410
  9. #436Ashley409

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

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987