Elton
Elton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 72 births. Its best rank was 278th, in 1915.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 720.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920394 births
- Best rank
- #278in 1915
- Since 1880
- 21,292people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,292 boys have been named Elton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 394 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 107 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Elton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 129 | |
| 1890s | 176 | |
| 1900s | 368 | |
| 1910s | 2,242 | |
| 1920s | 3,535 | |
| 1930s | 2,715 | |
| 1940s | 2,321 | |
| 1950s | 2,724 | |
| 1960s | 1,630 | |
| 1970s | 1,844 | |
| 1980s | 1,077 | |
| 1990s | 808 | |
| 2000s | 694 | |
| 2010s | 608 | |
| 2020s | 421 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Elton was the 281st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Elton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alvinpeak 1927
- Wiltonpeak 1924
- Leonardpeak 1921
- Elvinpeak 1927
- Wilbertpeak 1922
- Hiltonpeak 1920
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Garlandpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.