Meaning not yet researched.
Elliott: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,287 in 2025. Its best rank was #158 in 2020.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #158 in 2020; #160 in 2025. About 82% of babies named Elliott in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#160 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2020, at #158.
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Elliott: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,287 boys in 2025. Peak: #158 in 2020 · most boys in one year: 2,453 (2019).
In 2025, 2,287 US boys were named Elliott, making it the 160th most common boys’ name of the year, up 3 places from #163 in 2024. That is 63 more than the 2,224 boys named Elliott in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #158, reached in 2020. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,453, in 2019. For comparison, it was #212 in 2015 and #425 in 1950.
In 2025, 489 US girls were named Elliott, making it the 599th most common girls’ name of the year, up 13 places from #612 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 488 girls named Elliott in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #464, reached in 2019. That year also had the most girls given the name: 673. For comparison, it was #672 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elliott in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 21 babies with the name. In all, 70,719 US babies have been given the name, 12% of them girls and 88% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 21,571 babies named Elliott.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 22,844 US boys were named Elliott; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 2,453. In 2025 that was about 1 in 747 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elliott ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #85 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 3 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Elliot (65,600 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 Elliet, Elliett and Ellyott 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: Elliet (173), Elliett (120), Ellyott (57), Eliotte (31), Elioth (29), Eliett (17), Ellyot (15), Ellioth (7), Elyott (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 Elliott 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 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 88 | #85 | #112 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | #87 | #145 |
| Montana | 14 | #87 | #146 |
| Oregon | 37 | #104 | #139 |
| Indiana | 70 | #113 | #135 |
| Delaware | 9 | #115 | #139 |
| Michigan | 86 | #115 | #125 |
| Oklahoma | 40 | #117 | #294 |
| Alaska | 7 | #117 | #116 |
| Maine | 11 | #121 | #138 |
| Colorado | 57 | #123 | #187 |
| Tennessee | 77 | #123 | #204 |
| North Carolina | 100 | #124 | #230 |
| Virginia | 69 | #125 | #204 |
| Nebraska | 21 | #125 | #135 |
| Ohio | 106 | #127 | #124 |
| Kentucky | 45 | #127 | #182 |
| Illinois | 89 | #128 | #177 |
| Missouri | 55 | #131 | #150 |
| West Virginia | 15 | #133 | #233 |
| Pennsylvania | 90 | #142 | #175 |
| Kansas | 26 | #146 | #142 |
| Louisiana | 35 | #146 | #245 |
| South Carolina | 39 | #147 | #248 |
| Wisconsin | 43 | #149 | #164 |
| Alabama | 37 | #155 | #374 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #155 | #173 |
| North Dakota | 8 | #158 | — |
| Minnesota | 41 | #163 | #172 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | #163 | #197 |
| New Mexico | 12 | #165 | #324 |
| Arkansas | 22 | #168 | #282 |
| Connecticut | 21 | #169 | #164 |
| Iowa | 25 | #171 | #167 |
| Maryland | 35 | #173 | #201 |
| Texas | 214 | #174 | #269 |
| Idaho | 15 | #178 | #273 |
| Georgia | 66 | #188 | #271 |
| Massachusetts | 34 | #189 | #201 |
| Florida | 107 | #203 | #299 |
| California | 181 | #207 | #282 |
| New York | 95 | #209 | #206 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | #210 | #207 |
| Nevada | 13 | #235 | #313 |
| Arizona | 34 | #237 | #377 |
| Utah | 20 | #257 | #262 |
| Mississippi | 11 | #291 | #388 |
| New Jersey | 26 | #327 | #464 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 489 | #599 | 2,287 | #160 |
| 2024 | 488 | #612 | 2,224 | #163 |
| 2023 | 446 | #659 | 2,164 | #168 |
| 2022 | 472 | #625 | 2,233 | #168 |
| 2021 | 550 | #557 | 2,278 | #169 |
| 2020 | 631 | #486 | 2,365 | #158 |
| 2019 | 673 | #464 | 2,453 | #161 |
| 2018 | 584 | #538 | 2,308 | #168 |
| 2017 | 582 | #532 | 2,438 | #160 |
| 2016 | 472 | #634 | 2,094 | #192 |
| 2015 | 426 | #672 | 1,875 | #212 |
| 2014 | 333 | #832 | 1,595 | #233 |
| 2013 | 283 | #903 | 1,480 | #244 |
| 2012 | 236 | #1,065 | 1,266 | #277 |
| 2011 | 202 | #1,190 | 1,069 | #305 |
| 2010 | 188 | #1,269 | 1,014 | #315 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,386 | 895 | #349 |
| 2008 | 145 | #1,577 | 795 | #385 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,831 | 793 | #383 |
| 2006 | 84 | #2,275 | 773 | #387 |
| 2005 | 93 | #2,019 | 658 | #413 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,599 | 566 | #458 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,589 | 477 | #511 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,098 | 417 | #537 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,884 | 391 | #548 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,186 | 405 | #539 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,733 | 382 | #538 |
| 1998 | 21 | #5,006 | 430 | #500 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,081 | 404 | #508 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,281 | 417 | #501 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,763 | 433 | #495 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,084 | 478 | #461 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,049 | 585 | #397 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,407 | 576 | #399 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,151 | 571 | #398 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,581 | 672 | #358 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,658 | 669 | #343 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,788 | 531 | #377 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,137 | 444 | #414 |
| 1986 | — | — | 453 | #398 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,158 | 461 | #389 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,474 | 528 | #349 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,357 | 582 | #325 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,487 | 468 | #372 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,880 | 293 | #487 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,845 | 333 | #462 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,867 | 296 | #480 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,859 | 233 | #542 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,066 | 270 | #496 |
| 1976 | — | — | 227 | #536 |
| 1975 | — | — | 214 | #550 |
| 1974 | — | — | 217 | #545 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,240 | 232 | #513 |
| 1972 | — | — | 200 | #567 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,701 | 262 | #503 |
| 1970 | — | — | 236 | #526 |
| 1969 | — | — | 232 | #511 |
| 1968 | — | — | 213 | #520 |
| 1967 | — | — | 197 | #529 |
| 1966 | — | — | 229 | #500 |
| 1965 | — | — | 255 | #484 |
| 1964 | — | — | 215 | #534 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,892 | 255 | #503 |
| 1962 | — | — | 260 | #492 |
| 1961 | — | — | 311 | #457 |
| 1960 | — | — | 275 | #478 |
| 1959 | — | — | 235 | #511 |
| 1958 | — | — | 202 | #542 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,342 | 218 | #523 |
| 1956 | — | — | 252 | #478 |
| 1955 | — | — | 221 | #496 |
| 1954 | — | — | 258 | #450 |
| 1953 | — | — | 250 | #452 |
| 1952 | — | — | 237 | #459 |
| 1951 | — | — | 259 | #423 |
| 1950 | — | — | 250 | #425 |
| 1949 | — | — | 292 | #392 |
| 1948 | — | — | 343 | #366 |
| 1947 | — | — | 349 | #370 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,588 | 272 | #394 |
| 1945 | — | — | 310 | #340 |
| 1944 | — | — | 215 | #410 |
| 1943 | — | — | 235 | #402 |
| 1942 | — | — | 252 | #384 |
| 1941 | — | — | 193 | #421 |
| 1940 | — | — | 197 | #411 |
| 1939 | — | — | 197 | #408 |
| 1938 | — | — | 175 | #433 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,435 | 154 | #453 |
| 1936 | — | — | 154 | #454 |
| 1935 | — | — | 191 | #396 |
| 1934 | — | — | 200 | #387 |
| 1933 | — | — | 196 | #389 |
| 1932 | — | — | 148 | #473 |
| 1931 | — | — | 148 | #464 |
| 1930 | — | — | 177 | #443 |
| 1929 | — | — | 177 | #447 |
| 1928 | — | — | 169 | #469 |
| 1927 | — | — | 206 | #421 |
| 1926 | — | — | 209 | #419 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,196 | 189 | #437 |
| 1924 | — | — | 194 | #439 |
| 1923 | — | — | 185 | #450 |
| 1922 | — | — | 205 | #418 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,638 | 233 | #399 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,197 | 180 | #453 |
| 1919 | — | — | 171 | #448 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,994 | 151 | #485 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,240 | 152 | #461 |
| 1916 | — | — | 158 | #443 |
| 1915 | — | — | 172 | #411 |
| 1914 | — | — | 129 | #423 |
| 1913 | — | — | 111 | #411 |
| 1912 | — | — | 85 | #425 |
| 1911 | — | — | 56 | #374 |
| 1910 | — | — | 44 | #397 |
| 1909 | — | — | 46 | #345 |
| 1908 | — | — | 46 | #332 |
| 1907 | — | — | 22 | #497 |
| 1906 | — | — | 25 | #444 |
| 1905 | — | — | 32 | #365 |
| 1904 | — | — | 27 | #402 |
| 1903 | — | — | 28 | #362 |
| 1902 | — | — | 29 | #370 |
| 1901 | — | — | 17 | #476 |
| 1900 | — | — | 33 | #386 |
| 1899 | — | — | 18 | #442 |
| 1898 | — | — | 32 | #341 |
| 1897 | — | — | 23 | #395 |
| 1896 | — | — | 25 | #389 |
| 1895 | — | — | 31 | #332 |
| 1894 | — | — | 21 | #412 |
| 1893 | — | — | 17 | #453 |
| 1892 | — | — | 29 | #349 |
| 1891 | — | — | 21 | #378 |
| 1890 | — | — | 24 | #360 |
| 1889 | — | — | 11 | #597 |
| 1888 | — | — | 26 | #362 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #497 |
| 1886 | — | — | 22 | #371 |
| 1885 | — | — | 13 | #525 |
| 1884 | — | — | 22 | #377 |
| 1883 | — | — | 26 | #325 |
| 1882 | — | — | 21 | #392 |
| 1881 | — | — | 22 | #351 |
| 1880 | — | — | 21 | #375 |
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).