Elliot

“Variant of Elliott — My God is Yahweh” — Hebrew via Old French origin

Boy's name · #151 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Elliot is near its high-water mark: it reached #150 in 2022 and still ranked #151 in 2025. About 59,000 boys have carried it since 1880. Ellie is a short form of Elliot. Together with its spelling variant Elliott (#160), Elliot would rank around #69 with about 4,700 births last year — the newborns split about 51/49 between Elliot and Elliott.

Around the world: #13 in Denmark (2025) · #32 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #34 in Sweden (2025) · #55 in Canada (2024) · #84 in Norway (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Elliots

Elliot Page — Canadian actor
Elliot Anderson — English association football player
Elliot Goldenthal — American composer
Elliot Richardson — American lawyer and politician (1920-1999)
Elliot See — American test pilot and NASA astronaut (1927-1966)

In stories & tradition

Elliot Stabler — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Elliot Carver — Tomorrow Never Dies
Elliot Alderson — Mr. Robot

What Elliots become

Among 417 notable people named Elliot:

Sports figures appear 1.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Elliot Anderson, English association football player.

Similar names: Elliott · Jonah · Eli · Jude · Barrett · Grant

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