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Elliott

Gender
Boy
Say it
EL-ee-ut
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#126 for boys
US rank, 2025
#160 for boys

Elliott is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 126th for boys in the UK (459 babies) and 160th for boys in the US (2,287 babies).

What does Elliott mean?

Hebrew: English surname from a medieval pet form of Elias (Elijah)

“my God is Yahweh”

Variant spelling of Elliot, a surname that grew out of a medieval pet form of Elias.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Elliott a girl's or a boy's name?

Elliott is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 459 boys in the UK and 489 girls and 2,287 boys in the US.

How popular is Elliott in the UK?

Rank in 2025
126th among boys
Babies in 2025
459 about 1 in 650 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 37% in five years
Same name in a class
2.1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 459 boys in the UK were named Elliott, making it the 126th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 96th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 996 boys. 15 girls were also named Elliott in 2025 (1,961st for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Elliott than any year since 2009.

Half of all the boys named Elliott in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 1,117 boys in the UK were given Elliott or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #53, up from #126 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 121st in England and Wales, 152nd in Scotland and 175th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#85) and 2014 (#72).

1996Busiest: 996 in 20152025
Elliott in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025459#126
2024479#126
2023478#125
2022575#111
2021600#112
2020704#96
2019784#91
2018777#93
2017880#89
2016943#82
2015996#79
2014956#81
2013755#93
2012698#102
2011626#116
2010485#139
2009451#142
2008443#145
2007455#138
2006508#124
2005452#137
2004428#137
2003432#131
2002431#128
2001434#121
2000513#112
1999564#105
1998623#97
1997643#94
1996653#92

How popular is Elliott in the US?

Rank in 2025
160th among boys
Babies in 2025
2,287 about 1 in 750 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 6% in five years
Same name in a class
1.9% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,287 boys in the US were named Elliott, making it the 160th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 158th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 2,453 boys. 489 girls were also named Elliott in 2025 (599th for girls).

2025 had more boys named Elliott than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Elliott in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 4,894 boys in the US were given Elliott or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #73, up from #160 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 4% of the babies named Elliott in the US in 1917, and 18% in 2025.

1880Busiest: 2,453 in 20192025
Elliott in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,287#160
20242,224#162
20232,164#167
20222,233#168
20212,278#169
20202,365#158
20192,453#161
20182,308#168
20172,438#160
20162,094#192
20151,875#212
20141,595#233
20131,480#244
20121,266#277
20111,069#305
20101,014#315
2009895#349
2008795#385
2007793#383
2006773#387
2005658#413
2004566#457
2003477#510
2002417#537
2001391#548
2000405#539
1999382#538
1998430#500
1997404#507
1996417#500
1995433#495
1994478#460
1993585#396
1992576#399
1991571#398
1990672#358
1989669#343
1988531#377
1987444#414
1986453#397
1985461#389
1984528#349
1983582#325
1982468#371
1981293#487
1980333#462
1979296#480
1978233#542
1977270#495
1976227#536
1975214#550
1974217#544
1973232#513
1972200#567
1971262#503
1970236#526
1969232#511
1968213#520
1967197#529
1966229#499
1965255#484
1964215#533
1963255#502
1962260#492
1961311#457
1960275#477
1959235#510
1958202#541
1957218#521
1956252#477
1955221#495
1954258#449
1953250#451
1952237#457
1951259#421
1950250#423
1949292#392
1948343#366
1947349#370
1946272#394
1945310#339
1944215#410
1943235#402
1942252#384
1941193#421
1940197#411
1939197#407
1938175#433
1937154#453
1936154#454
1935191#395
1934200#386
1933196#389
1932148#473
1931148#463
1930177#441
1929177#447
1928169#468
1927206#421
1926209#418
1925189#437
1924194#439
1923185#449
1922205#418
1921233#398
1920180#450
1919171#448
1918151#485
1917152#460
1916158#443
1915172#410
1914129#422
1913111#409
191285#424
191156#372
191044#396
190946#344
190846#330
190722#495
190625#443
190532#365
190427#401
190328#360
190229#367
190117#466
190033#385
189918#438
189832#339
189723#392
189625#388
189531#329
189421#412
189317#448
189229#348
189121#377
189024#358
188911#581
188826#359
188713#488
188622#369
188513#521
188422#375
188326#324
188221#389
188122#348
188021#373

Nicknames for Elliott

Names like Elliott

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Elijah, Elias, Gabriel, Zachary, Eli, Jacob, Isaac, Tobias, Noah, Joey, Austin, Sebastian

Other spellings of Elliott

Elliot, Eliot, Eliott

Names related to Elliott

Elliette, Elliotte, Elliett, Elliet

More Hebrew names

Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana, Joseph

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Elliott: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elliott, updated 20 October 2026.