EL-ee-uht /ˈɛl.i.ət/
At a glance
- In short
- Elliott is a unisex name that began as an English surname from a medieval pet form of Elias (Elijah).
- U.S. rank 2025 (boys)
- #160
- Babies in 2025 (boys)
- 2,287 (0.12% of boys)
- As a girl name
- #599 in 2025 (489 babies)Peak #463 in 2019
- Trend (boys)
- Steady #158 in 2020 to #160 in 2025
- Peak (boys)
- #158 in 2020
- Top state (boys)
- #82 in the District of Columbia
- First recorded
- 1880 (as a boy name; 1917 as a girl name)
Meaning of Elliott
Elliott comes from an English surname based on a medieval pet form of Elias. Elias is the Greek form of Elijah, a Hebrew name meaning "my God is Yahweh." It is pronounced EL-ee-uht (/ˈɛliət/) and is given to both boys and girls.
Well-known namesakes include actor Elliott Gould and composer Elliott Carter, who won two Pulitzer Prizes. Elliott is also the name of the boy who befriends the alien in Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
In the U.S., Elliott ranked 548th as recently as 2001, then climbed to its highest rank, 158th, in 2020. Its busiest year was 2019, when 2,453 babies were given the name. In 2025 it ranked 160th, with 2,287 babies, still close to its peak.
How to pronounce Elliott
English
- Pronounced EL-ee-uht /ˈɛl.i.ət/
Popularity of Elliott in the U.S.
Elliott was the #160 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 2,287 babies. It peaked at #158 in 2020 and has been in the top 1,000 since 1880. As a girl name it was #599 in 2025, with 489 babies.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Boys year by year, 1880–2025 146 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,287 | 160 | ▲ 2 |
| 2024 | 2,224 | 162 | ▲ 5 |
| 2023 | 2,164 | 167 | ▲ 1 |
| 2022 | 2,233 | 168 | ▲ 1 |
| 2021 | 2,278 | 169 | ▼ 11 |
| 2020 | 2,365 | 158 | ▲ 3 |
| 2019 | 2,453 | 161 | ▲ 7 |
| 2018 | 2,308 | 168 | ▼ 8 |
| 2017 | 2,438 | 160 | ▲ 32 |
| 2016 | 2,094 | 192 | ▲ 20 |
| 2015 | 1,875 | 212 | ▲ 21 |
| 2014 | 1,595 | 233 | ▲ 11 |
| 2013 | 1,480 | 244 | ▲ 33 |
| 2012 | 1,266 | 277 | ▲ 28 |
| 2011 | 1,069 | 305 | ▲ 10 |
| 2010 | 1,014 | 315 | ▲ 34 |
| 2009 | 895 | 349 | ▲ 36 |
| 2008 | 795 | 385 | ▼ 2 |
| 2007 | 793 | 383 | ▲ 4 |
| 2006 | 773 | 387 | ▲ 26 |
| 2005 | 658 | 413 | ▲ 44 |
| 2004 | 566 | 457 | ▲ 53 |
| 2003 | 477 | 510 | ▲ 27 |
| 2002 | 417 | 537 | ▲ 11 |
| 2001 | 391 | 548 | ▼ 9 |
| 2000 | 405 | 539 | ▼ 1 |
| 1999 | 382 | 538 | ▼ 38 |
| 1998 | 430 | 500 | ▲ 7 |
| 1997 | 404 | 507 | ▼ 7 |
| 1996 | 417 | 500 | ▼ 5 |
| 1995 | 433 | 495 | ▼ 35 |
| 1994 | 478 | 460 | ▼ 64 |
| 1993 | 585 | 396 | ▲ 3 |
| 1992 | 576 | 399 | ▼ 1 |
| 1991 | 571 | 398 | ▼ 40 |
| 1990 | 672 | 358 | ▼ 15 |
| 1989 | 669 | 343 | ▲ 34 |
| 1988 | 531 | 377 | ▲ 37 |
| 1987 | 444 | 414 | ▼ 17 |
| 1986 | 453 | 397 | ▼ 8 |
| 1985 | 461 | 389 | ▼ 40 |
| 1984 | 528 | 349 | ▼ 24 |
| 1983 | 582 | 325 | ▲ 46 |
| 1982 | 468 | 371 | ▲ 116 |
| 1981 | 293 | 487 | ▼ 25 |
| 1980 | 333 | 462 | ▲ 18 |
| 1979 | 296 | 480 | ▲ 62 |
| 1978 | 233 | 542 | ▼ 47 |
| 1977 | 270 | 495 | ▲ 41 |
| 1976 | 227 | 536 | ▲ 14 |
| 1975 | 214 | 550 | ▼ 6 |
| 1974 | 217 | 544 | ▼ 31 |
| 1973 | 232 | 513 | ▲ 54 |
| 1972 | 200 | 567 | ▼ 64 |
| 1971 | 262 | 503 | ▲ 23 |
| 1970 | 236 | 526 | ▼ 15 |
| 1969 | 232 | 511 | ▲ 9 |
| 1968 | 213 | 520 | ▲ 9 |
| 1967 | 197 | 529 | ▼ 30 |
| 1966 | 229 | 499 | ▼ 15 |
| 1965 | 255 | 484 | ▲ 49 |
| 1964 | 215 | 533 | ▼ 31 |
| 1963 | 255 | 502 | ▼ 10 |
| 1962 | 260 | 492 | ▼ 35 |
| 1961 | 311 | 457 | ▲ 20 |
| 1960 | 275 | 477 | ▲ 33 |
| 1959 | 235 | 510 | ▲ 32 |
| 1958 | 202 | 542 | ▼ 20 |
| 1957 | 218 | 522 | ▼ 44 |
| 1956 | 252 | 478 | ▲ 18 |
| 1955 | 221 | 496 | ▼ 46 |
| 1954 | 258 | 450 | ▲ 2 |
| 1953 | 250 | 452 | ▲ 6 |
| 1952 | 237 | 458 | ▼ 36 |
| 1951 | 259 | 422 | ▲ 2 |
| 1950 | 250 | 424 | ▼ 32 |
| 1949 | 292 | 392 | ▼ 26 |
| 1948 | 343 | 366 | ▲ 4 |
| 1947 | 349 | 370 | ▲ 24 |
| 1946 | 272 | 394 | ▼ 55 |
| 1945 | 310 | 339 | ▲ 71 |
| 1944 | 215 | 410 | ▼ 8 |
| 1943 | 235 | 402 | ▼ 18 |
| 1942 | 252 | 384 | ▲ 37 |
| 1941 | 193 | 421 | ▼ 10 |
| 1940 | 197 | 411 | ▼ 4 |
| 1939 | 197 | 407 | ▲ 26 |
| 1938 | 175 | 433 | ▲ 20 |
| 1937 | 154 | 453 | ▲ 1 |
| 1936 | 154 | 454 | ▼ 59 |
| 1935 | 191 | 395 | ▼ 9 |
| 1934 | 200 | 386 | ▲ 3 |
| 1933 | 196 | 389 | ▲ 84 |
| 1932 | 148 | 473 | ▼ 10 |
| 1931 | 148 | 463 | ▼ 22 |
| 1930 | 177 | 441 | ▲ 6 |
| 1929 | 177 | 447 | ▲ 21 |
| 1928 | 169 | 468 | ▼ 47 |
| 1927 | 206 | 421 | ▼ 3 |
| 1926 | 209 | 418 | ▲ 19 |
| 1925 | 189 | 437 | ▲ 2 |
| 1924 | 194 | 439 | ▲ 10 |
| 1923 | 185 | 449 | ▼ 31 |
| 1922 | 205 | 418 | ▼ 20 |
| 1921 | 233 | 398 | ▲ 52 |
| 1920 | 180 | 450 | ▼ 2 |
| 1919 | 171 | 448 | ▲ 37 |
| 1918 | 151 | 485 | ▼ 25 |
| 1917 | 152 | 460 | ▼ 17 |
| 1916 | 158 | 443 | ▼ 33 |
| 1915 | 172 | 410 | ▲ 12 |
| 1914 | 129 | 422 | ▼ 13 |
| 1913 | 111 | 409 | ▲ 15 |
| 1912 | 85 | 424 | ▼ 52 |
| 1911 | 56 | 372 | ▲ 24 |
| 1910 | 44 | 396 | ▼ 52 |
| 1909 | 46 | 344 | ▼ 14 |
| 1908 | 46 | 330 | ▲ 165 |
| 1907 | 22 | 495 | ▼ 52 |
| 1906 | 25 | 443 | ▼ 78 |
| 1905 | 32 | 365 | ▲ 36 |
| 1904 | 27 | 401 | ▼ 41 |
| 1903 | 28 | 360 | ▲ 7 |
| 1902 | 29 | 367 | ▲ 99 |
| 1901 | 17 | 466 | ▼ 81 |
| 1900 | 33 | 385 | ▲ 53 |
| 1899 | 18 | 438 | ▼ 99 |
| 1898 | 32 | 339 | ▲ 53 |
| 1897 | 23 | 392 | ▼ 4 |
| 1896 | 25 | 388 | ▼ 59 |
| 1895 | 31 | 329 | ▲ 83 |
| 1894 | 21 | 412 | ▲ 36 |
| 1893 | 17 | 448 | ▼ 100 |
| 1892 | 29 | 348 | ▲ 29 |
| 1891 | 21 | 377 | ▼ 19 |
| 1890 | 24 | 358 | ▲ 223 |
| 1889 | 11 | 581 | ▼ 222 |
| 1888 | 26 | 359 | ▲ 129 |
| 1887 | 13 | 488 | ▼ 119 |
| 1886 | 22 | 369 | ▲ 152 |
| 1885 | 13 | 521 | ▼ 146 |
| 1884 | 22 | 375 | ▼ 51 |
| 1883 | 26 | 324 | ▲ 65 |
| 1882 | 21 | 389 | ▼ 41 |
| 1881 | 22 | 348 | ▲ 25 |
| 1880 | 21 | 373 | – |
Girls year by year, 1917–2025 59 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 489 | 599 | ▲ 13 |
| 2024 | 488 | 612 | ▲ 47 |
| 2023 | 446 | 659 | ▼ 34 |
| 2022 | 472 | 625 | ▼ 68 |
| 2021 | 550 | 557 | ▼ 71 |
| 2020 | 631 | 486 | ▼ 23 |
| 2019 | 673 | 463 | ▲ 75 |
| 2018 | 584 | 538 | ▼ 6 |
| 2017 | 582 | 532 | ▲ 102 |
| 2016 | 472 | 634 | ▲ 38 |
| 2015 | 426 | 672 | ▲ 159 |
| 2014 | 333 | 831 | ▲ 71 |
| 2013 | 283 | 902 | ▲ 163 |
| 2012 | 236 | 1,065 | ▲ 124 |
| 2011 | 202 | 1,189 | ▲ 80 |
| 2010 | 188 | 1,269 | ▲ 114 |
| 2009 | 171 | 1,383 | ▲ 190 |
| 2008 | 145 | 1,573 | ▲ 256 |
| 2007 | 116 | 1,829 | ▲ 438 |
| 2006 | 84 | 2,267 | ▼ 253 |
| 2005 | 93 | 2,014 | ▲ 575 |
| 2004 | 64 | 2,589 | ▼ 12 |
| 2003 | 62 | 2,577 | ▲ 1,494 |
| 2002 | 31 | 4,071 | ▲ 1,751 |
| 2001 | 19 | 5,822 | ▲ 2,205 |
| 2000 | 12 | 8,027 | ▼ 2,366 |
| 1999 | 18 | 5,661 | ▼ 706 |
| 1998 | 21 | 4,955 | ▲ 55 |
| 1997 | 20 | 5,010 | ▲ 2,120 |
| 1996 | 12 | 7,130 | ▼ 489 |
| 1995 | 13 | 6,641 | ▼ 657 |
| 1994 | 15 | 5,984 | ▼ 29 |
| 1993 | 15 | 5,955 | ▲ 359 |
| 1992 | 14 | 6,314 | ▲ 1,673 |
| 1991 | 10 | 7,987 | ▼ 1,522 |
| 1990 | 13 | 6,465 | ▲ 66 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6,531 | ▲ 135 |
| 1988 | 11 | 6,666 | ▼ 1,592 |
| 1987 | 15 | 5,074 | back (not recorded in 1986) |
| 1985 | 11 | 6,031 | ▲ 3,113 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,144 | ▼ 2,932 |
| 1983 | 10 | 6,212 | ▲ 2,012 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,224 | ▲ 2,187 |
| 1981 | 5 | 10,411 | ▼ 19 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,392 | ▼ 3,696 |
| 1979 | 9 | 6,696 | ▲ 1,866 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8,562 | ▲ 1,090 |
| 1977 | 5 | 9,652 | back (not recorded in 1974–1976) |
| 1973 | 8 | 6,080 | back (not recorded in 1972) |
| 1971 | 5 | 8,324 | back (not recorded in 1964–1970) |
| 1963 | 5 | 6,592 | back (not recorded in 1958–1962) |
| 1957 | 5 | 6,086 | back (not recorded in 1947–1956) |
| 1946 | 6 | 4,417 | back (not recorded in 1938–1945) |
| 1937 | 5 | 4,255 | back (not recorded in 1926–1936) |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,973 | back (not recorded in 1922–1924) |
| 1921 | 6 | 4,464 | ▲ 511 |
| 1920 | 5 | 4,975 | back (not recorded in 1919) |
| 1918 | 7 | 3,869 | ▲ 214 |
| 1917 | 6 | 4,083 | new |
Elliott by state
Elliott ranks #82 in the District of Columbia (2025).
Rank by state 47 states and DC
| State | Rank | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 82 | 10 |
| Washington | 84 | 88 |
| Montana | 85 | 14 |
| Oregon | 104 | 37 |
| Alaska | 110 | 7 |
| Indiana | 112 | 70 |
| Michigan | 114 | 86 |
| Delaware | 114 | 9 |
| Oklahoma | 116 | 40 |
| Maine | 119 | 11 |
| North Carolina | 122 | 100 |
| Tennessee | 122 | 77 |
| Nebraska | 122 | 21 |
| Colorado | 123 | 57 |
| Virginia | 125 | 69 |
| Kentucky | 126 | 45 |
| Ohio | 127 | 106 |
| Illinois | 127 | 89 |
| West Virginia | 127 | 15 |
| Missouri | 129 | 55 |
| Pennsylvania | 140 | 90 |
| Kansas | 142 | 26 |
| South Carolina | 143 | 39 |
| Louisiana | 143 | 35 |
| South Dakota | 145 | 9 |
| Wisconsin | 146 | 43 |
| North Dakota | 152 | 8 |
| Alabama | 155 | 37 |
| New Hampshire | 157 | 9 |
| New Mexico | 161 | 12 |
| Minnesota | 162 | 41 |
| Arkansas | 165 | 22 |
| Connecticut | 165 | 21 |
| Iowa | 167 | 25 |
| Maryland | 171 | 35 |
| Idaho | 173 | 15 |
| Texas | 174 | 214 |
| Georgia | 185 | 66 |
| Massachusetts | 188 | 34 |
| Rhode Island | 200 | 5 |
| Florida | 203 | 107 |
| California | 206 | 181 |
| New York | 208 | 95 |
| Nevada | 230 | 13 |
| Arizona | 234 | 34 |
| Utah | 255 | 20 |
| Mississippi | 281 | 11 |
| New Jersey | 324 | 26 |
Notable people named Elliott
- Elliott Smith was an American singer songwriter, born in Omaha and raised in Texas, who rose to fame in Portland for his intimate multi tracked vocals and fingerpicked guitar driven songs.
- Ephraim Elliott Yamin is an American singer best known for his hit Wait for You and for placing third on American Idol season five.
- American lawyer, banker, and newspaper owner Elliott Fitch Shepard helped found and later led the New York State Bar Association, married Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt, and built Woodlea and Scarborough Presbyterian Church, now part of the Scarborough Historic District.
- Elliott Gould is an American actor.
- Elliott Carter was a highly respected American modernist composer whose distinctive rhythmic and harmonic language earned him two Pulitzer Prizes for string quartets.
More people named Elliott 6 more
- Elliott Erwitt was a French born American advertising and documentary photographer known for black and white candid images of ironic and absurd moments in everyday life who joined Magnum Photos in 1953.
- Elliott James Murphy is an American rock singer and songwriter as well as a novelist record producer and journalist.
- Elliott Randall is an American session guitarist best known for solos on the Steely Dan song Reelin in the Years and the Irene Cara hit Fame, the former often ranked among the greatest.
- Elliott Nugent was an American actor, playwright, writer, and director.
- Elliott Northcott served as a U.S. Court of Appeals judge on the Fourth Circuit.
- Elliott J. Clawson was an American screenwriter who wrote more than 80 films from 1913 to 1929 and had four films nominated for Best Writing at the 1930 Academy Awards.