Elliston — unisex name

What the Data Says About Elliston

The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Elliston between 2015 and 2023, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elliston currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Elliston is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 32 additional births since 2014.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elliston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Elliston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elliston in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 34 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.