How rare is the name Elliott?

43,870 people in the United States have the first name Elliott, about 1 in 6,885. It ranks #981 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELLIOTT

#981

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
43,870
About
1 in 6,885
This common or more
69.8%
Who bears it

Of the 43,870 people named Elliott, 72.2% reported their origin as White, 10.1% as Black and 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 88.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elliott peaked in 2019, when 3,126 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
3,126
In 2025*
2,776 ▼11%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 70,719 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.

Elliott by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #238. The largest share of babies named Elliott, 48.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#854197
1890s#961241
1900s#1,026305
1910s#9501,242
1920s#9071,963
1930s#9041,745
1940s#8412,664
1950s#1,0522,387
1960s#1,1262,447
1970s#1,1662,420
1980s#8304,844
1990s#9335,099
2000s#8346,967
2010s#34321,571
2020s#23816,627
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.4%
Silent Generation 1928–454.9%
Baby boom 1946–647%
Generation X 1965–805.5%
Millennials 1981–9611.8%
Generation Z 1997–1217.3%
2013 and later48.4%

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 Elliott is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elliott has been most common in Washington (2.1×), South Carolina (1.9×), and Oregon (1.7×), and least common in Hawaii (0.15×).

63,785 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 Elliott

#979 Rogelio · 44,072#980 Harley · 43,968#982 Kiara · 43,748#983 Rodrigo · 43,705

Spelled almost the same

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

#960 Elliot · 45,706#3,139 Eliot · 6,976#8,382 Eliott · 1,733#11,071 Elliette · 1,175#15,159 Elliotte · 764

Also a last name

As a last name, Elliott ranks #216 of 156,621, with 131,897 people. See Elliott as a last name

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