How rare is the name Elton?

10,295 people in the United States have the first name Elton, about 1 in 29,338. It ranks #2,418 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELTON

#2,418

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,295
About
1 in 29,338
This common or more
79.7%
Who bears it

Of the 10,295 people named Elton, 50.2% reported their origin as White, 32.6% as Black and 6.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elton peaked in 1920, when 408 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
408
In 2025*
60 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 21,553 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.

Elton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #652. The largest share of babies named Elton, 26%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,100129
1890s#1,177176
1900s#890384
1910s#6602,288
1920s#6523,618
1930s#7202,741
1940s#9052,326
1950s#9822,731
1960s#1,3741,630
1970s#1,3681,850
1980s#2,0921,077
1990s#3,077808
2000s#4,306694
2010s#4,920608
2020s#4,040493
Before 19011.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2726%
Silent Generation 1928–4522.2%
Baby boom 1946–6421.6%
Generation X 1965–8012.1%
Millennials 1981–967.1%
Generation Z 1997–125.1%
2013 and later4.3%

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 Elton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elton has been most common in Louisiana (6×), Mississippi (3.6×), and Arkansas (2.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.09×).

15,581 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 Elton

#2,416 Emelia · 10,301#2,416 Raina · 10,301#2,419 Michal · 10,276#2,420 Bridgett · 10,270

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elton, most common first.

#2,436 Eldon · 10,189

Also a last name

As a last name, Elton ranks #13,285 of 156,621, with 2,199 people. See Elton as a last name

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