Elton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EL-tun
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,304 for boys
Elton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 2,304th for boys in the US (60 babies).
What does Elton mean?
English: English surname from place names
From an English surname based on place names ending in Old English tun, settlement; famously the stage name adopted by Elton John.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Elton a girl's or a boy's name?
Elton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 60 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Elton, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Elton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Elton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Elton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,304among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 60 boys in the US were named Elton, making it the 2,304th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,716th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 394 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Elton than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Elton in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,304 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,078 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,112 |
| 2022 | 80 | #1,937 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,565 |
| 2020 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2019 | 80 | #1,868 |
| 2018 | 73 | #1,993 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,492 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,189 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,097 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,118 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,124 |
| 2007 | 57 | #2,281 |
| 2006 | 68 | #1,966 |
| 2005 | 65 | #1,939 |
| 2004 | 81 | #1,601 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,149 |
| 2002 | 76 | #1,593 |
| 2001 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,331 |
| 1999 | 68 | #1,590 |
| 1998 | 73 | #1,499 |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,347 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,357 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,425 |
| 1994 | 64 | #1,472 |
| 1993 | 86 | #1,211 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,173 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,230 |
| 1990 | 117 | #959 |
| 1989 | 90 | #1,111 |
| 1988 | 87 | #1,064 |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,008 |
| 1986 | 89 | #970 |
| 1985 | 97 | #923 |
| 1984 | 118 | #803 |
| 1983 | 115 | #813 |
| 1982 | 138 | #750 |
| 1981 | 123 | #784 |
| 1980 | 132 | #763 |
| 1979 | 126 | #770 |
| 1978 | 154 | #673 |
| 1977 | 179 | #629 |
| 1976 | 217 | #546 |
| 1975 | 285 | #473 |
| 1974 | 250 | #503 |
| 1973 | 190 | #575 |
| 1972 | 166 | #612 |
| 1971 | 153 | #668 |
| 1970 | 124 | #737 |
| 1969 | 88 | #822 |
| 1968 | 109 | #720 |
| 1967 | 115 | #692 |
| 1966 | 131 | #648 |
| 1965 | 173 | #581 |
| 1964 | 176 | #597 |
| 1963 | 176 | #591 |
| 1962 | 214 | #540 |
| 1961 | 209 | #546 |
| 1960 | 239 | #513 |
| 1959 | 263 | #483 |
| 1958 | 281 | #471 |
| 1957 | 307 | #438 |
| 1956 | 285 | #447 |
| 1955 | 280 | #442 |
| 1954 | 294 | #417 |
| 1953 | 292 | #410 |
| 1952 | 240 | #455 |
| 1951 | 273 | #411 |
| 1950 | 209 | #456 |
| 1949 | 232 | #437 |
| 1948 | 231 | #440 |
| 1947 | 234 | #438 |
| 1946 | 222 | #426 |
| 1945 | 220 | #405 |
| 1944 | 257 | #373 |
| 1943 | 257 | #382 |
| 1942 | 215 | #420 |
| 1941 | 216 | #392 |
| 1940 | 237 | #370 |
| 1939 | 234 | #373 |
| 1938 | 250 | #351 |
| 1937 | 234 | #350 |
| 1936 | 251 | #342 |
| 1935 | 260 | #340 |
| 1934 | 311 | #308 |
| 1933 | 291 | #316 |
| 1932 | 297 | #320 |
| 1931 | 283 | #327 |
| 1930 | 304 | #317 |
| 1929 | 302 | #317 |
| 1928 | 330 | #306 |
| 1927 | 386 | #290 |
| 1926 | 324 | #315 |
| 1925 | 324 | #316 |
| 1924 | 381 | #294 |
| 1923 | 353 | #298 |
| 1922 | 356 | #303 |
| 1921 | 385 | #285 |
| 1920 | 394 | #281 |
| 1919 | 330 | #299 |
| 1918 | 318 | #318 |
| 1917 | 320 | #291 |
| 1916 | 322 | #286 |
| 1915 | 317 | #278 |
| 1914 | 236 | #290 |
| 1913 | 154 | #329 |
| 1912 | 134 | #321 |
| 1911 | 65 | #337 |
| 1910 | 46 | #383 |
| 1909 | 61 | #289 |
| 1908 | 48 | #316 |
| 1907 | 37 | #366 |
| 1906 | 35 | #350 |
| 1905 | 37 | #329 |
| 1904 | 28 | #390 |
| 1903 | 38 | #303 |
| 1902 | 26 | #388 |
| 1901 | 19 | #433 |
| 1900 | 39 | #350 |
| 1899 | 21 | #402 |
| 1898 | 20 | #452 |
| 1897 | 16 | #495 |
| 1896 | 17 | #500 |
| 1895 | 16 | #501 |
| 1894 | 16 | #502 |
| 1893 | 23 | #371 |
| 1892 | 18 | #458 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 19 | #415 |
| 1888 | 16 | #484 |
| 1887 | 20 | #366 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 14 | #504 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 20 | #399 |
| 1881 | 14 | #460 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Elton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Elton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elton, updated 20 October 2026.