Elton
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #8,978 · #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 317 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,353since 1880
Elton over time
Rank among boys' names. Elton has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | #2,304 | 60 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,078 | 72 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,113 | 69 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,938 | 80 | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #1,565 | 111 |
| 2020 | — | #1,716 | 90 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,868 | 80 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,994 | 73 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,493 | 51 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,255 | 59 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,189 | 62 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,098 | 66 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,623 | 45 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,326 | 55 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,145 | 61 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,287 | 56 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,119 | 64 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,125 | 64 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,281 | 57 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,967 | 68 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,943 | 65 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,604 | 81 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,153 | 51 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,596 | 76 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,334 | 96 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,593 | 68 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,502 | 73 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,350 | 82 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,359 | 79 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,430 | 69 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,477 | 64 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,216 | 86 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,177 | 89 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,236 | 81 | |
| 1990 | — | #963 | 117 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,115 | 90 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,066 | 87 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,009 | 88 | |
| 1986 | — | #971 | 89 | |
| 1985 | — | #923 | 97 | |
| 1984 | — | #803 | 118 | |
| 1983 | — | #813 | 115 | |
| 1982 | — | #750 | 138 | |
| 1981 | — | #784 | 123 | |
| 1980 | — | #763 | 132 | |
| 1979 | — | #770 | 126 | |
| 1978 | — | #673 | 154 | |
| 1977 | — | #629 | 179 | |
| 1976 | — | #546 | 217 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #473 | 285 |
| 1974 | — | #503 | 250 | |
| 1973 | — | #575 | 190 | |
| 1972 | — | #612 | 166 | |
| 1971 | — | #668 | 153 | |
| 1970 | — | #737 | 124 | |
| 1969 | — | #822 | 88 | |
| 1968 | — | #720 | 109 | |
| 1967 | — | #692 | 115 | |
| 1966 | — | #648 | 131 | |
| 1965 | — | #581 | 173 | |
| 1964 | — | #597 | 176 | |
| 1963 | — | #591 | 176 | |
| 1962 | — | #540 | 214 | |
| 1961 | — | #546 | 209 | |
| 1960 | — | #513 | 239 | |
| 1959 | — | #483 | 263 | |
| 1958 | — | #471 | 281 | |
| 1957 | — | #439 | 307 | |
| 1956 | — | #448 | 285 | |
| 1955 | — | #443 | 280 | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #418 | 294 |
| 1953 | — | #411 | 292 | |
| 1952 | — | #456 | 240 | |
| 1951 | — | #412 | 273 | |
| 1950 | — | #457 | 209 | |
| 1949 | — | #438 | 232 | |
| 1948 | — | #440 | 231 | |
| 1947 | — | #438 | 234 | |
| 1946 | — | #426 | 222 | |
| 1945 | — | #405 | 220 | |
| 1944 | — | #373 | 257 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #382 | 257 |
| 1942 | — | #420 | 215 | |
| 1941 | — | #392 | 216 | |
| 1940 | — | #370 | 237 | |
| 1939 | — | #373 | 234 | |
| 1938 | — | #351 | 250 | |
| 1937 | — | #350 | 234 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #342 | 251 |
| 1935 | — | #340 | 260 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #308 | 311 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #316 | 291 |
| 1932 | — | #320 | 297 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #327 | 283 |
| 1930 | — | #317 | 304 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #317 | 302 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #306 | 330 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #290 | 386 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #315 | 324 |
| 1925 | — | #316 | 324 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #294 | 381 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #298 | 353 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #303 | 356 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #285 | 385 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #281 | 394 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #299 | 330 |
| 1918 | — | #318 | 318 | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #291 | 320 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #286 | 322 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #278 | 317 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #290 | 236 |
| 1913 | — | #329 | 154 | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #321 | 134 |
| 1911 | — | #337 | 65 | |
| 1910 | — | #383 | 46 | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | #289 | 61 |
| 1908 | — | #316 | 48 | |
| 1907 | — | #366 | 37 | |
| 1906 | — | #350 | 35 | |
| 1905 | — | #329 | 37 | |
| 1904 | — | #390 | 28 | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #303 | 38 |
| 1902 | — | #388 | 26 | |
| 1901 | — | #433 | 19 | |
| 1900 | — | #350 | 39 | |
| 1899 | — | #402 | 21 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #495 | 16 | |
| 1896 | — | #500 | 17 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #502 | 16 | |
| 1893 | — | #371 | 23 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #366 | 20 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elton was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Elton is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#194 · 1 in 1,119
- Mississippi#216 · 1 in 1,631
- North Carolina#219 · 1 in 1,723
- Hawaii#226 · 1 in 1,377
- Arkansas#227 · 1 in 1,906
Best ever in a state: #97 in Hawaii, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #194 | 36 | 1 in 1,119 |
| Mississippi | #216 | 18 | 1 in 1,631 |
| North Carolina | #219 | 32 | 1 in 1,723 |
| Hawaii | #226 | 5 | 1 in 1,377 |
| Arkansas | #227 | 11 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Connecticut | #242 | 5 | 1 in 4,743 |
| Tennessee | #290 | 12 | 1 in 3,468 |
| Alabama | #301 | 12 | 1 in 3,233 |
| Virginia | #321 | 11 | 1 in 3,982 |
| Florida | #338 | 10 | 1 in 4,093 |
| New Jersey | #364 | 6 | 1 in 9,360 |
| Georgia | #380 | 9 | 1 in 5,392 |
| Texas | #385 | 33 | 1 in 3,672 |
| South Carolina | #425 | 5 | 1 in 6,273 |
| Ohio | #435 | 10 | 1 in 10,925 |
| Missouri | #444 | 5 | 1 in 9,360 |
| Michigan | #532 | 6 | 1 in 15,588 |
| California | #598 | 11 | 1 in 13,965 |
| New York | #603 | 9 | 1 in 18,892 |
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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 Elton
- 226 spots since 2024 (#2,078 → #2,304)
- 588 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #2,304)
- 115 spots since 2015 (#2,189 → #2,304)
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1881 (#745 → #460)
- Biggest drop: 321 spots in 1883 (#399 → #720)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #278 (317 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 51 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1886–1986
- Highest: 1 in 2,677 boys born in 1915 were named Elton (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,468 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.6% of all boys named Elton (3,535) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 129 | #366 (1887) | #515 |
| 1890s | 176 | #371 (1893) | #464 |
| 1900s | 368 | #289 (1909) | #351 |
| 1910s | 2,242 | #278 (1915) | #313 |
| 1920s | 3,535 | #281 (1920) | #301 |
| 1930s | 2,715 | #308 (1934) | #334 |
| 1940s | 2,321 | #370 (1940) | #408 |
| 1950s | 2,724 | #411 (1953) | #444 |
| 1960s | 1,630 | #513 (1960) | #625 |
| 1970s | 1,844 | #473 (1975) | #619 |
| 1980s | 1,077 | #750 (1982) | #900 |
| 1990s | 808 | #963 (1990) | #1,330 |
| 2000s | 694 | #1,334 (2000) | #1,875 |
| 2010s | 608 | #1,868 (2019) | #2,228 |
| 2020s | 482 | #1,565 (2021) | #1,952 |
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.
Elton in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 277,416 of them was named Elton, which outranked 29.7% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 6,935 of them was named Elton, which outranked 90.4% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.