Elliot
Elliot was given to 2,417 boys in 2025, #151 among boys’ names; 65,600 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 60,700 Americans named Elliot and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 6 and 25.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elliot by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elliot mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Elliot is “a male given name from Hebrew, a variant of Elliott.”
/ˈɛliət/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elliot?
#151 among boys’ names, 2025
Elliot rose from #208 in 2015 to #151 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 1.0 to 1.4 per 1,000.
2,932 babies in 2017, the peak
Elliot peaked in 2017, when 2,932 babies were given it (2,437 boys, #161 among boys’ names). The 2,658 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 91% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| 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 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | #1,927 | 750 | #386 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,178 | 666 | #396 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,053 | 612 | #421 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,303 | 569 | #437 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,931 | 539 | #450 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,577 | 503 | #468 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,985 | 429 | #502 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,786 | 482 | #467 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,257 | 464 | #469 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,741 | 458 | #478 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,757 | 521 | #437 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,840 | 525 | #435 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,152 | 587 | #392 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,757 | 562 | #404 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,801 | 608 | #375 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,520 | 632 | #369 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,001 | 759 | #317 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,382 | 498 | #400 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,540 | 415 | #431 |
| 1986 | under 5 | 388 | #436 | |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,147 | 453 | #399 |
| 1984 | under 5 | 452 | #383 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 563 | #330 | |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,484 | 403 | #416 |
| 1981 | under 5 | 268 | #515 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 273 | #513 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 242 | #550 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 217 | #569 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 204 | #591 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 215 | #551 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 213 | #552 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 213 | #549 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 179 | #591 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 153 | #644 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 161 | #650 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 147 | #680 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 154 | #641 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 138 | #645 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 135 | #640 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 124 | #665 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 162 | #598 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 131 | #673 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 137 | #667 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 156 | #620 | |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,842 | 189 | #575 |
| 1960 | under 5 | 156 | #623 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 119 | #706 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 136 | #659 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 142 | #643 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 142 | #635 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 138 | #632 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 161 | #583 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 153 | #581 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 209 | #486 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 212 | #466 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 194 | #476 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 195 | #470 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 260 | #416 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 229 | #442 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 190 | #463 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 157 | #479 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 127 | #541 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 147 | #514 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 130 | #539 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 117 | #554 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 89 | #632 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 89 | #617 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 82 | #661 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 89 | #618 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 81 | #646 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 63 | #781 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 79 | #684 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 98 | #587 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 81 | #680 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 65 | #778 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 74 | #740 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 61 | #839 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 81 | #704 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 95 | #651 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 90 | #665 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 77 | #749 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 118 | #585 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 89 | #683 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 64 | #856 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 85 | #710 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 77 | #747 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 80 | #696 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 68 | #791 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 54 | #866 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 62 | #783 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 50 | #869 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 52 | #725 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 37 | #783 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 16 | #1,193 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 17 | #800 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 17 | #736 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 8 | #1,105 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 8 | #1,023 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 5 | #1,293 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 10 | #803 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 9 | #828 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 7 | #937 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 6 | #1,046 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 9 | #923 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 13 | #558 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 12 | #643 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 5 | #1,143 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 7 | #909 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 7 | #887 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 10 | #703 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 8 | #722 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 8 | #769 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 5 | #1,010 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 6 | #892 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 7 | #768 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Elliot a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 65,600 Americans recorded as Elliot, 11% are girls and 89% boys. In 2025 it went to 241 girls and 2,417 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Elliot: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elliot, and how old are they?
60,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 65,600 Americans ever recorded as Elliot. The median Elliot alive today is 12 years old; half are between 6 and 25.
The 2020 Census counted 45,706 people named Elliot (5,118 women and girls, 40,588 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 46,158 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 390 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,810 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 14,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 33,500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elliot born?
The states with the most babies named Elliot are California, Texas and Pennsylvania, with 23% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 253 | #164 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 198 | #224 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 151 | #87 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 148 | #154 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 138 | #98 | 1.0× |
| New York | 124 | #155 | 1.6× |
| Michigan | 94 | #123 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 89 | #145 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 85 | #169 | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 75 | #101 | 1.3× |
Where Elliot is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elliot is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elliot with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 146,880 babies since 1880, Elliot is the second most given (45% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,658 of their 5,643 babies (47%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elliot
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elliot and names like it
- Compare Elliot and ElliottBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sElliot peaked in 2017.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elliot since 1910.
- The top names of 2017The year the most babies were named Elliot.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Elliot alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.