The story in the numbers

60,250 boys have been named Elliott in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 2,451 births — 0.14% of all boys recorded that year.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 29%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 7,675 girls have also been given it, 11% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

By decade

Decade

boys named Elliott

197

241

305

1,229

1,947

1,740

2,658

2,382

2,442

2,387

4,764

4,948

6,170

17,588

11,252

In 2019, its biggest year

Elliott was the 161st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.

Names that rose and fell with Elliott

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.