Elston
#4,466 most common boys' name of all time · #10,965 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1911–2025
Rank among boys
#4,466
Rank overall
#10,965 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
1,125
Since 2016
79
Peak year
1961 #1,116
Best rank
#1,116 1961
Girls
Boys
peak 50/yr
Elston first appears in 1911. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,768 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,959 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,052 |
| 2021 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,362 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,617 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,823 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,252 |
| 2017 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,595 |
| 2016 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,187 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,819 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,175 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,738 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,772 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,352 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,948 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,234 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,169 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,028 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,661 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,204 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,734 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,228 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,055 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,933 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,816 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,192 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,007 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,439 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,325 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,285 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,651 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,698 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,777 |
| 1984 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,752 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,685 |
| 1982 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,300 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,582 |
| 1980 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,906 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,926 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,654 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,409 |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,917 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,631 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,055 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,142 |
| 1968 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1967 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,400 |
| 1966 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,168 |
| 1965 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1964 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,453 |
| 1963 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,271 |
| 1962 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,224 |
| 1961 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,116 |
| 1960 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,425 |
| 1959 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1958 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,413 |
| 1957 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1956 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,436 |
| 1955 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,835 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,800 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,852 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,139 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,970 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,341 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,980 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,759 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,299 |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,839 |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,420 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1932 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,959 |
| 1931 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,567 |
| 1930 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,868 |
| 1929 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,390 |
| 1928 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,228 |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,223 |
| 1925 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,920 |
| 1924 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,200 |
| 1923 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,089 |
| 1922 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1921 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,884 |
| 1920 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,030 |
| 1919 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,040 |
| 1918 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,698 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,831 |
| 1916 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 1915 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,406 |
| 1914 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,758 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,408 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,196 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,947 |