Elliott

#599 for girls in 2025, 489 births · #160 for boys in 2025, 2,287 births
Given to boys 88.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2020 · 2,365 births
Debut · boys
21 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
62,551
since 1880

Elliott over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #463, 2019girlsboysat 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#599489#1602,287
2024#612488#1622,224
2023#659446#1672,164
2022#625472#1682,233
2021#557550#1692,278
2020#486631#1582,365
2019#463673#1612,453
2018#538584#1682,308
2017#532582#1602,438
2016#634472#1922,094
2015#672426#2121,875
2014#831333#2331,595
2013#902283#2441,480
2012#1,065236#2771,266
2011#1,189202#3051,069
2010#1,269188#3151,014
2009#1,383171#349895
2008#1,573145#385795
2007#1,829116#383793
2006#2,26784#387773
2005#2,01493#413658
2004#2,58964#457566
2003#2,57762#510477
2002#4,07131#537417
2001#5,82219#548391
2000#8,02712#539405
1999#5,66118#538382
1998#4,95521#500430
1997#5,01020#507404
1996#7,13012#500417
1995#6,64113#495433
1994#5,98415#460478
1993#5,95515#396585
1992#6,31414#399576
1991#7,98710#398571
1990#6,46513#358672
1989#6,53112#343669
1988#6,66611#377531
1987#5,07415#414444
1986#397453
1985#6,03111#389461
1984#9,1446#349528
1983#6,21210#325582
1982#8,2247#371468
1981#10,4115#487293
1980#10,3925#462333
1979#6,6969#480296
1978#8,5626#542233
1977#9,6525#495270
1976#536227
1975#550214
1974#544217
1973#6,0808#513232
1972#567200
1971#8,3245#503262
1970#526236
1969#511232
1968#520213
1967#529197
1966#499229
1965#484255
1964#533215
1963#6,5925#502255
1962#492260
1961#457311
1960#477275
1959#510235
1958#542202
1957#6,0865#522218
1956#478252
1955#496221
1954#450258
1953#452250
1952#458237
1951#422259
1950#424250
1949#392292
1948#366343
1947#370349
1946#4,4176#394272
1945#339310
1944#410215
1943#402235
1942#384252
1941#421193
1940#411197
1939#407197
1938#433175
1937#4,2555#453154
1936#454154
1935#395191
1934#386200
1933#389196
1932#473148
1931#463148
1930#441177
1929#447177
1928#468169
1927#421206
1926#418209
1925#4,9735#437189
1924#439194
1923#449185
1922#418205
1921#4,4646#398233
1920#4,9755#450180
1919#448171
1918#3,8697#485151
1917#4,0836#460152
1916#443158
1915#410172
1914#422129
1913#409111
1912#42485
1911#37256
1910#39644
1909#34446
1908#33046
1907#49522
1906#44325
1905#36532
1904#40127
1903#36028
1902#36729
1901#46617
1900#38533
1899#43818
1898#33932
1897#39223
1896#38825
1895#32931
1894#41221
1893#44817
1892#34829
1891#37721
1890#35824
1889#58111
1888#35926
1887#48813
1886#36922
1885#52113
1884#37522
1883#32426
1882#38921
1881#34822
1880#37321
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
140 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2020 at #158 (2,365 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 730
  • Highest: 1 in 730 boys born in 2020 were named Elliott (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 747 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.1% of all boys named Elliott (17,592) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s197#324 (1883)#413
1890s241#329 (1895)#383
1900s305#330 (1908)#396
1910s1,229#372 (1911)#427
1920s1,947#398 (1921)#435
1930s1,740#386 (1934)#429
1940s2,658#339 (1945)#389
1950s2,382#422 (1951)#475
1960s2,442#457 (1961)#500
1970s2,387#480 (1979)#526
1980s4,762#325 (1983)#391
1990s4,948#358 (1990)#455
2000s6,170#349 (2009)#451
2010s17,592#160 (2017)#227
2020s13,551#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 1990

girls
#6,465
13 births · 1 in 146,042 girls
boys
#358
672 births · 1 in 3,057 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #6,465Elliott13

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #358Elliott672
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 146,042 of them was named Elliott, which outranked 57.6% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elliott
  1. #6,131Zandria14
  2. #6,131Zayra14
  3. #6,131Zeina14
  4. #6,465Elliott13
  5. #6,465Adelia13
  6. #6,465Adella13
  7. #6,465Adi13
  8. #6,867Aaliyah12
  9. #6,867Abriel12
  10. #6,867Aerielle12

Tied with 401 names at #6,465; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 3,057 of them was named Elliott, which outranked 96.2% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elliott
  1. #355Josiah677
  2. #355Rashad677
  3. #357Courtney675
  4. #358Elliott672
  5. #359Eli667
  6. #359Gage667
  7. #361Elias666
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990