Meaning not yet researched.
Elliot: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,417 in 2025. Its best rank was #150 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #150 in 2024; #151 in 2025. About 91% of babies named Elliot in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#151 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #150.
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Elliot: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,417 boys in 2025. Peak: #150 in 2024 · most boys in one year: 2,532 (2022).
In 2025, 2,417 US boys were named Elliot, making it the 151st most common boys’ name of the year, down 1 place from #150 in 2024. That is 41 more than the 2,376 boys named Elliot in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #150, reached in 2024. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,532, in 2022. For comparison, it was #208 in 2015 and #477 in 1950.
In 2025, 241 US girls were named Elliot, making it the 1,035th most common girls’ name of the year, down 90 places from #945 in 2024. That is 38 fewer than the 279 girls named Elliot in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #574, reached in 2020. That year also had the most girls given the name: 511. For comparison, it was #634 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elliot in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 65,600 US babies have been given the name, 11% of them girls and 89% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 22,261 babies named Elliot.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 23,433 US boys were named Elliot; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 2,532. In 2025 that was about 1 in 707 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elliot ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #50 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 8 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Elliott (70,719 babies since 1880), Eliot (8,465 babies since 1880), Elliotte (1,092 babies since 1880) and Eliott (2,096 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Eliut, Elyot and Ellet are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Eliut (41), Elyot (17), Ellet (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Elliot in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 26 | #50 | #132 |
| Maine | 17 | #70 | #122 |
| Oregon | 46 | #80 | #136 |
| Vermont | 6 | #87 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 141 | #87 | #184 |
| North Dakota | 12 | #95 | #110 |
| Minnesota | 66 | #96 | #106 |
| Ohio | 127 | #98 | #137 |
| Massachusetts | 69 | #101 | #159 |
| Arkansas | 30 | #115 | #146 |
| Rhode Island | 10 | #116 | #109 |
| Wisconsin | 52 | #116 | #98 |
| West Virginia | 17 | #118 | — |
| Michigan | 81 | #123 | #120 |
| Washington | 63 | #128 | #137 |
| Idaho | 20 | #133 | #228 |
| Nevada | 23 | #136 | #192 |
| Colorado | 50 | #144 | #233 |
| Tennessee | 66 | #144 | #351 |
| Illinois | 82 | #145 | #185 |
| Delaware | 7 | #147 | — |
| Florida | 140 | #154 | #323 |
| New York | 124 | #155 | #171 |
| Arizona | 56 | #158 | #231 |
| California | 237 | #164 | #227 |
| Virginia | 55 | #165 | #266 |
| Oklahoma | 29 | #169 | #252 |
| Indiana | 50 | #169 | #178 |
| North Carolina | 75 | #169 | #259 |
| Louisiana | 30 | #170 | #280 |
| Iowa | 25 | #170 | #142 |
| New Jersey | 59 | #174 | #232 |
| Mississippi | 18 | #176 | #343 |
| Alaska | 5 | #176 | #107 |
| Missouri | 40 | #177 | #182 |
| Montana | 7 | #183 | #145 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #185 | — |
| Alabama | 31 | #188 | #347 |
| Connecticut | 18 | #189 | #150 |
| South Carolina | 29 | #197 | #261 |
| Kentucky | 28 | #200 | #286 |
| Utah | 27 | #201 | #345 |
| New Mexico | 10 | #201 | #419 |
| Georgia | 61 | #202 | #264 |
| Maryland | 29 | #202 | #272 |
| Kansas | 19 | #209 | #215 |
| Texas | 176 | #224 | #346 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #232 | #138 |
| Nebraska | 7 | #348 | #183 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 241 | #1,035 | 2,417 | #151 |
| 2024 | 279 | #945 | 2,376 | #150 |
| 2023 | 299 | #894 | 2,066 | #178 |
| 2022 | 360 | #788 | 2,532 | #150 |
| 2021 | 369 | #772 | 2,416 | #159 |
| 2020 | 511 | #574 | 2,319 | #164 |
| 2019 | 511 | #593 | 2,253 | #171 |
| 2018 | 471 | #633 | 2,375 | #162 |
| 2017 | 495 | #614 | 2,437 | #161 |
| 2016 | 474 | #632 | 2,242 | #180 |
| 2015 | 450 | #634 | 1,912 | #208 |
| 2014 | 367 | #762 | 1,772 | #216 |
| 2013 | 310 | #845 | 1,503 | #241 |
| 2012 | 310 | #860 | 1,502 | #241 |
| 2011 | 298 | #879 | 1,287 | #272 |
| 2010 | 212 | #1,151 | 1,080 | #301 |
| 2009 | 172 | #1,379 | 1,111 | #297 |
| 2008 | 185 | #1,331 | 1,004 | #328 |
| 2007 | 153 | #1,511 | 883 | #357 |
| 2006 | 100 | #1,992 | 812 | #369 |
| 2005 | 100 | #1,928 | 750 | #386 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,181 | 666 | #396 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,056 | 612 | #421 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,307 | 569 | #437 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,938 | 539 | #450 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,584 | 503 | #468 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,992 | 429 | #502 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,792 | 482 | #467 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,262 | 464 | #469 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,746 | 458 | #478 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,762 | 521 | #437 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,846 | 525 | #435 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,158 | 587 | #392 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,763 | 562 | #404 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,808 | 608 | #375 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,526 | 632 | #369 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,007 | 759 | #317 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,387 | 498 | #400 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,545 | 415 | #431 |
| 1986 | — | — | 388 | #436 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,152 | 453 | #399 |
| 1984 | — | — | 452 | #383 |
| 1983 | — | — | 563 | #330 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,486 | 403 | #416 |
| 1981 | — | — | 268 | #515 |
| 1980 | — | — | 273 | #513 |
| 1979 | — | — | 242 | #550 |
| 1978 | — | — | 217 | #569 |
| 1977 | — | — | 204 | #591 |
| 1976 | — | — | 215 | #551 |
| 1975 | — | — | 213 | #552 |
| 1974 | — | — | 213 | #549 |
| 1973 | — | — | 179 | #591 |
| 1972 | — | — | 153 | #644 |
| 1971 | — | — | 161 | #650 |
| 1970 | — | — | 147 | #680 |
| 1969 | — | — | 154 | #641 |
| 1968 | — | — | 138 | #645 |
| 1967 | — | — | 135 | #640 |
| 1966 | — | — | 124 | #665 |
| 1965 | — | — | 162 | #598 |
| 1964 | — | — | 131 | #673 |
| 1963 | — | — | 137 | #667 |
| 1962 | — | — | 156 | #620 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,843 | 189 | #575 |
| 1960 | — | — | 156 | #624 |
| 1959 | — | — | 119 | #707 |
| 1958 | — | — | 136 | #660 |
| 1957 | — | — | 142 | #644 |
| 1956 | — | — | 142 | #636 |
| 1955 | — | — | 138 | #633 |
| 1954 | — | — | 161 | #584 |
| 1953 | — | — | 153 | #582 |
| 1952 | — | — | 209 | #487 |
| 1951 | — | — | 212 | #467 |
| 1950 | — | — | 194 | #477 |
| 1949 | — | — | 195 | #471 |
| 1948 | — | — | 260 | #416 |
| 1947 | — | — | 229 | #442 |
| 1946 | — | — | 190 | #463 |
| 1945 | — | — | 157 | #479 |
| 1944 | — | — | 127 | #541 |
| 1943 | — | — | 147 | #514 |
| 1942 | — | — | 130 | #539 |
| 1941 | — | — | 117 | #554 |
| 1940 | — | — | 89 | #632 |
| 1939 | — | — | 89 | #617 |
| 1938 | — | — | 82 | #661 |
| 1937 | — | — | 89 | #618 |
| 1936 | — | — | 81 | #646 |
| 1935 | — | — | 63 | #781 |
| 1934 | — | — | 79 | #684 |
| 1933 | — | — | 98 | #587 |
| 1932 | — | — | 81 | #680 |
| 1931 | — | — | 65 | #778 |
| 1930 | — | — | 74 | #740 |
| 1929 | — | — | 61 | #839 |
| 1928 | — | — | 81 | #704 |
| 1927 | — | — | 95 | #651 |
| 1926 | — | — | 90 | #665 |
| 1925 | — | — | 77 | #749 |
| 1924 | — | — | 118 | #585 |
| 1923 | — | — | 89 | #683 |
| 1922 | — | — | 64 | #856 |
| 1921 | — | — | 85 | #710 |
| 1920 | — | — | 77 | #747 |
| 1919 | — | — | 80 | #696 |
| 1918 | — | — | 68 | #791 |
| 1917 | — | — | 54 | #866 |
| 1916 | — | — | 62 | #783 |
| 1915 | — | — | 50 | #869 |
| 1914 | — | — | 52 | #725 |
| 1913 | — | — | 37 | #783 |
| 1912 | — | — | 16 | #1,193 |
| 1911 | — | — | 17 | #801 |
| 1910 | — | — | 17 | #736 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,105 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,024 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,294 |
| 1905 | — | — | 10 | #803 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #828 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #937 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,047 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #924 |
| 1899 | — | — | 13 | #558 |
| 1898 | — | — | 12 | #644 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,144 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #910 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #888 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #704 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #723 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #769 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,010 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #892 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #768 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).