How rare is the name Elliot?

45,706 people in the United States have the first name Elliot, about 1 in 6,608. It ranks #960 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELLIOT

#960

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
45,706
About
1 in 6,608
This common or more
69.5%
Who bears it

Of the 45,706 people named Elliot, 73.5% reported their origin as White, 11.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% as two or more races. 88.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elliot peaked in 2017, when 2,932 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
2,932
In 2025*
2,658 ▼9%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 65,600 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Elliot by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #251. The largest share of babies named Elliot, 51.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,13526
1890s#2,01662
1900s#2,44662
1910s#1,661453
1920s#1,455837
1930s#1,393801
1940s#1,0651,641
1950s#1,3221,606
1960s#1,4441,487
1970s#1,3281,944
1980s#8694,512
1990s#8985,377
2000s#7338,346
2010s#33722,261
2020s#25116,185
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.8%
Silent Generation 1928–452.6%
Baby boom 1946–645%
Generation X 1965–804.5%
Millennials 1981–9612.5%
Generation Z 1997–1222%
2013 and later51.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Elliot is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elliot has been most common in Oregon (1.9×), Alaska (1.9×), and Minnesota (1.8×), and least common in West Virginia (0.23×).

59,942 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Elliot

#958 Traci · 46,048#959 Allyson · 45,707#961 Josefina · 45,594#962 Kristopher · 45,559

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elliot, most common first.

#981 Elliott · 43,870#3,139 Eliot · 6,976

Also a last name

As a last name, Elliot ranks #4,562 of 156,621, with 7,548 people. See Elliot as a last name

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