Elton
#799 most common boys' name of all time · #1,802 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#799
Rank overall
#1,802 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
21,553
Since 2016
756
Peak year
1920 #281
Best rank
#278 1915
Girls
Boys
peak 408/yr
Elton is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,305 |
| 2024 | — | 72 | 72 | #2,079 |
| 2023 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,113 |
| 2022 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,938 |
| 2021 | 11 | 111 | 122 | #1,565 |
| 2020 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,719 |
| 2019 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,869 |
| 2018 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,997 |
| 2017 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,496 |
| 2016 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,259 |
| 2015 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,190 |
| 2014 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,099 |
| 2013 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,327 |
| 2011 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,148 |
| 2010 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,289 |
| 2009 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,120 |
| 2008 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,125 |
| 2007 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,283 |
| 2006 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,967 |
| 2005 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,943 |
| 2004 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,604 |
| 2003 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,153 |
| 2002 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,598 |
| 2001 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,631 |
| 2000 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,335 |
| 1999 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,594 |
| 1998 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,503 |
| 1997 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,352 |
| 1996 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,360 |
| 1995 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,431 |
| 1994 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,477 |
| 1993 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,218 |
| 1992 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,178 |
| 1991 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,238 |
| 1990 | — | 117 | 117 | #964 |
| 1989 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,115 |
| 1988 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,066 |
| 1987 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,011 |
| 1986 | — | 89 | 89 | #975 |
| 1985 | — | 97 | 97 | #923 |
| 1984 | — | 118 | 118 | #804 |
| 1983 | — | 115 | 115 | #815 |
| 1982 | — | 138 | 138 | #751 |
| 1981 | — | 123 | 123 | #786 |
| 1980 | — | 132 | 132 | #763 |
| 1979 | — | 126 | 126 | #772 |
| 1978 | — | 154 | 154 | #674 |
| 1977 | — | 179 | 179 | #630 |
| 1976 | — | 217 | 217 | #548 |
| 1975 | 6 | 285 | 291 | #474 |
| 1974 | — | 250 | 250 | #503 |
| 1973 | — | 190 | 190 | #575 |
| 1972 | — | 166 | 166 | #613 |
| 1971 | — | 153 | 153 | #668 |
| 1970 | — | 124 | 124 | #738 |
| 1969 | — | 88 | 88 | #822 |
| 1968 | — | 109 | 109 | #721 |
| 1967 | — | 115 | 115 | #694 |
| 1966 | — | 131 | 131 | #648 |
| 1965 | — | 173 | 173 | #581 |
| 1964 | — | 176 | 176 | #598 |
| 1963 | — | 176 | 176 | #592 |
| 1962 | — | 214 | 214 | #543 |
| 1961 | — | 209 | 209 | #546 |
| 1960 | — | 239 | 239 | #513 |
| 1959 | — | 263 | 263 | #483 |
| 1958 | — | 281 | 281 | #472 |
| 1957 | — | 307 | 307 | #439 |
| 1956 | — | 285 | 285 | #448 |
| 1955 | — | 280 | 280 | #443 |
| 1954 | 7 | 294 | 301 | #418 |
| 1953 | — | 292 | 292 | #411 |
| 1952 | — | 240 | 240 | #456 |
| 1951 | — | 273 | 273 | #413 |
| 1950 | — | 209 | 209 | #457 |
| 1949 | — | 232 | 232 | #439 |
| 1948 | — | 231 | 231 | #440 |
| 1947 | — | 234 | 234 | #438 |
| 1946 | — | 222 | 222 | #428 |
| 1945 | — | 220 | 220 | #406 |
| 1944 | — | 257 | 257 | #373 |
| 1943 | 5 | 257 | 262 | #382 |
| 1942 | — | 215 | 215 | #420 |
| 1941 | — | 216 | 216 | #392 |
| 1940 | — | 237 | 237 | #371 |
| 1939 | — | 234 | 234 | #373 |
| 1938 | — | 250 | 250 | #351 |
| 1937 | — | 234 | 234 | #350 |
| 1936 | 5 | 251 | 256 | #343 |
| 1935 | — | 260 | 260 | #340 |
| 1934 | 6 | 311 | 317 | #308 |
| 1933 | 9 | 291 | 300 | #316 |
| 1932 | — | 297 | 297 | #320 |
| 1931 | 6 | 283 | 289 | #327 |
| 1930 | — | 304 | 304 | #318 |
| 1929 | 5 | 302 | 307 | #317 |
| 1928 | 7 | 330 | 337 | #306 |
| 1927 | 14 | 386 | 400 | #290 |
| 1926 | 11 | 324 | 335 | #315 |
| 1925 | — | 324 | 324 | #317 |
| 1924 | 7 | 381 | 388 | #294 |
| 1923 | 6 | 353 | 359 | #298 |
| 1922 | 6 | 356 | 362 | #303 |
| 1921 | 13 | 385 | 398 | #285 |
| 1920 | 14 | 394 | 408 | #281 |
| 1919 | 6 | 330 | 336 | #299 |
| 1918 | — | 318 | 318 | #318 |
| 1917 | 10 | 320 | 330 | #292 |
| 1916 | 8 | 322 | 330 | #286 |
| 1915 | 8 | 317 | 325 | #278 |
| 1914 | 6 | 236 | 242 | #290 |
| 1913 | — | 154 | 154 | #330 |
| 1912 | 8 | 134 | 142 | #326 |
| 1911 | — | 65 | 65 | #339 |
| 1910 | — | 46 | 46 | #387 |
| 1909 | 10 | 61 | 71 | #291 |
| 1908 | — | 48 | 48 | #325 |
| 1907 | — | 37 | 37 | #373 |
| 1906 | — | 35 | 35 | #352 |
| 1905 | — | 37 | 37 | #334 |
| 1904 | — | 28 | 28 | #397 |
| 1903 | 6 | 38 | 44 | #307 |
| 1902 | — | 26 | 26 | #403 |
| 1901 | — | 19 | 19 | #446 |
| 1900 | — | 39 | 39 | #353 |
| 1899 | — | 21 | 21 | #409 |
| 1898 | — | 20 | 20 | #470 |
| 1897 | — | 16 | 16 | #507 |
| 1896 | — | 17 | 17 | #515 |
| 1895 | — | 16 | 16 | #524 |
| 1894 | — | 16 | 16 | #516 |
| 1893 | — | 23 | 23 | #382 |
| 1892 | — | 18 | 18 | #473 |
| 1891 | — | 13 | 13 | #519 |
| 1890 | — | 16 | 16 | #482 |
| 1889 | — | 19 | 19 | #430 |
| 1888 | — | 16 | 16 | #503 |
| 1887 | — | 20 | 20 | #376 |
| 1886 | — | 12 | 12 | #566 |
| 1884 | — | 14 | 14 | #517 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #752 |
| 1882 | — | 20 | 20 | #415 |
| 1881 | — | 14 | 14 | #483 |
| 1880 | — | 7 | 7 | #772 |