Elston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EL-stun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Elston is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Elston mean?
English: English surname from a place name
Elston Howard became the first Black player for the New York Yankees, in 1955.
Is Elston a girl's or a boy's name?
Elston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Elston, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the boys named Elston in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,434 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,214 |
| 1961 | 50 | #1,107 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,386 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,395 |
| 1957 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,417 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
Names like Elston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilson Nelson Warren Elton Emerson Franklin Winston Edwin Eldon Judson Alton Harlan
Names related to Elston
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Elston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elston, updated 20 October 2026.