Elliott
#599 for girls in 2025, 489 births · #160 for boys in 2025, 2,287 births
Given to boys 88.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 2,365 births
- Debut · boys
- 21 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 62,551since 1880
Elliott over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #599 | 489 | #160 | 2,287 |
| 2024 | #612 | 488 | #162 | 2,224 |
| 2023 | #659 | 446 | #167 | 2,164 |
| 2022 | #625 | 472 | #168 | 2,233 |
| 2021 | #557 | 550 | #169 | 2,278 |
| 2020 | #486 | 631 | #158 | 2,365 |
| 2019 | #463 | 673 | #161 | 2,453 |
| 2018 | #538 | 584 | #168 | 2,308 |
| 2017 | #532 | 582 | #160 | 2,438 |
| 2016 | #634 | 472 | #192 | 2,094 |
| 2015 | #672 | 426 | #212 | 1,875 |
| 2014 | #831 | 333 | #233 | 1,595 |
| 2013 | #902 | 283 | #244 | 1,480 |
| 2012 | #1,065 | 236 | #277 | 1,266 |
| 2011 | #1,189 | 202 | #305 | 1,069 |
| 2010 | #1,269 | 188 | #315 | 1,014 |
| 2009 | #1,383 | 171 | #349 | 895 |
| 2008 | #1,573 | 145 | #385 | 795 |
| 2007 | #1,829 | 116 | #383 | 793 |
| 2006 | #2,267 | 84 | #387 | 773 |
| 2005 | #2,014 | 93 | #413 | 658 |
| 2004 | #2,589 | 64 | #457 | 566 |
| 2003 | #2,577 | 62 | #510 | 477 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | #537 | 417 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | #548 | 391 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #539 | 405 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | #538 | 382 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | #500 | 430 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 | #507 | 404 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #500 | 417 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #495 | 433 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #460 | 478 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #396 | 585 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #399 | 576 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #398 | 571 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #358 | 672 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #343 | 669 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #377 | 531 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #414 | 444 |
| 1986 | — | #397 | 453 | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #389 | 461 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #349 | 528 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #325 | 582 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #371 | 468 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #487 | 293 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #462 | 333 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #480 | 296 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #542 | 233 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #495 | 270 |
| 1976 | — | #536 | 227 | |
| 1975 | — | #550 | 214 | |
| 1974 | — | #544 | 217 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #513 | 232 |
| 1972 | — | #567 | 200 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #503 | 262 |
| 1970 | — | #526 | 236 | |
| 1969 | — | #511 | 232 | |
| 1968 | — | #520 | 213 | |
| 1967 | — | #529 | 197 | |
| 1966 | — | #499 | 229 | |
| 1965 | — | #484 | 255 | |
| 1964 | — | #533 | 215 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #502 | 255 |
| 1962 | — | #492 | 260 | |
| 1961 | — | #457 | 311 | |
| 1960 | — | #477 | 275 | |
| 1959 | — | #510 | 235 | |
| 1958 | — | #542 | 202 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #522 | 218 |
| 1956 | — | #478 | 252 | |
| 1955 | — | #496 | 221 | |
| 1954 | — | #450 | 258 | |
| 1953 | — | #452 | 250 | |
| 1952 | — | #458 | 237 | |
| 1951 | — | #422 | 259 | |
| 1950 | — | #424 | 250 | |
| 1949 | — | #392 | 292 | |
| 1948 | — | #366 | 343 | |
| 1947 | — | #370 | 349 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #394 | 272 |
| 1945 | — | #339 | 310 | |
| 1944 | — | #410 | 215 | |
| 1943 | — | #402 | 235 | |
| 1942 | — | #384 | 252 | |
| 1941 | — | #421 | 193 | |
| 1940 | — | #411 | 197 | |
| 1939 | — | #407 | 197 | |
| 1938 | — | #433 | 175 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #453 | 154 |
| 1936 | — | #454 | 154 | |
| 1935 | — | #395 | 191 | |
| 1934 | — | #386 | 200 | |
| 1933 | — | #389 | 196 | |
| 1932 | — | #473 | 148 | |
| 1931 | — | #463 | 148 | |
| 1930 | — | #441 | 177 | |
| 1929 | — | #447 | 177 | |
| 1928 | — | #468 | 169 | |
| 1927 | — | #421 | 206 | |
| 1926 | — | #418 | 209 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #437 | 189 |
| 1924 | — | #439 | 194 | |
| 1923 | — | #449 | 185 | |
| 1922 | — | #418 | 205 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #398 | 233 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #450 | 180 |
| 1919 | — | #448 | 171 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #485 | 151 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #460 | 152 |
| 1916 | — | #443 | 158 | |
| 1915 | — | #410 | 172 | |
| 1914 | — | #422 | 129 | |
| 1913 | — | #409 | 111 | |
| 1912 | — | #424 | 85 | |
| 1911 | — | #372 | 56 | |
| 1910 | — | #396 | 44 | |
| 1909 | — | #344 | 46 | |
| 1908 | — | #330 | 46 | |
| 1907 | — | #495 | 22 | |
| 1906 | — | #443 | 25 | |
| 1905 | — | #365 | 32 | |
| 1904 | — | #401 | 27 | |
| 1903 | — | #360 | 28 | |
| 1902 | — | #367 | 29 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #385 | 33 | |
| 1899 | — | #438 | 18 | |
| 1898 | — | #339 | 32 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #388 | 25 | |
| 1895 | — | #329 | 31 | |
| 1894 | — | #412 | 21 | |
| 1893 | — | #448 | 17 | |
| 1892 | — | #348 | 29 | |
| 1891 | — | #377 | 21 | |
| 1890 | — | #358 | 24 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #359 | 26 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #369 | 22 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #375 | 22 | |
| 1883 | — | #324 | 26 | |
| 1882 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1881 | — | #348 | 22 | |
| 1880 | — | #373 | 21 | |
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.
See more about Elliott
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2020 at #158 (2,365 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 730 boys born in 2020 were named Elliott (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 747 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
- 28.1% of all boys named Elliott (17,592) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 197 | #324 (1883) | #413 |
| 1890s | 241 | #329 (1895) | #383 |
| 1900s | 305 | #330 (1908) | #396 |
| 1910s | 1,229 | #372 (1911) | #427 |
| 1920s | 1,947 | #398 (1921) | #435 |
| 1930s | 1,740 | #386 (1934) | #429 |
| 1940s | 2,658 | #339 (1945) | #389 |
| 1950s | 2,382 | #422 (1951) | #475 |
| 1960s | 2,442 | #457 (1961) | #500 |
| 1970s | 2,387 | #480 (1979) | #526 |
| 1980s | 4,762 | #325 (1983) | #391 |
| 1990s | 4,948 | #358 (1990) | #455 |
| 2000s | 6,170 | #349 (2009) | #451 |
| 2010s | 17,592 | #160 (2017) | #227 |
| 2020s | 13,551 | #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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 333,612 of them was named Elliott, which outranked 14.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,787 names at #10,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 6,113 of them was named Elliott, which outranked 93.3% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).