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Boy's name · #160 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Elliott is near its high-water mark: it reached #158 in 2020 and still ranked #160 in 2025. About 63,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. About 82% of babies named Elliott in recent years have been boys. Ellie is a short form of Elliott. Together with its spelling variant Elliot (#151), Elliott would rank around #69 with about 4,700 births last year — the newborns split about 51/49 between Elliot and Elliott.
Around the world: about 1 in 650 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 680 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 690 boys in N. Ireland (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 312 notable people named Elliott:
Sports figures appear 1.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Elliott Bennett, English association football player.
Similar names: Elliot · Jude · Eli · Jonah · Barrett · Grant
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