Elston
Elston is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 196150 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1911
- 1,114people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,114 boys have been named Elston in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 50 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1960s alone account for 22%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Elston | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 101 | |
| 1920s | 140 | |
| 1930s | 73 | |
| 1940s | 35 | |
| 1950s | 172 | |
| 1960s | 250 | |
| 1970s | 50 | |
| 1980s | 91 | |
| 1990s | 56 | |
| 2000s | 47 | |
| 2010s | 64 | |
| 2020s | 35 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Elston was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Elston
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Drexelpeak 1957
- Kemppeak 1957
- Calvertpeak 1924
- Parnellpeak 1963
- Donatopeak 1926
- Robiepeak 1963
- Zoltanpeak 1967
- Yalepeak 1929
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.