Unisex name · since 2015
Elliston
42 babies named Elliston in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,725 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elliston currently ranks #11725 among unisex names in America, with 42 babies recorded since 2015.
Elliston has 42 recorded births among girls since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11725 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #36,936 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,725 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 42 born since 2015
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elliston ranks #36,936 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,725 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 42 born since 2015, peaking in the 2010s.
- #36,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,725 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elliston's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elliston compares
42 14th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elliston's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elliston | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 42 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elliston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elliston's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elliston popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Elliston popularity over time - boys
32 total births recorded since 2014 (Elliston as boys' name)
Elliston by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (28 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Elliston's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Elliston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 28 births (67% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elliston's data
- Elliston's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elliston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2015–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elliston draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.