Boys' name · peaked in 1915
Elton name popularity since 1925
16,661 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Elton (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1955 or earlier, so the typical Elton is about 71 years old in 2026. Elton peaked in 1915 as the #278 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,661
- Named Elton, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1915
- #278 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,313 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 92 girls · 16,569 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 6.52× its national share
Peak year is the year Elton made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Elton births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1927. Measured as a share of all babies, Elton peaked earlier, in 1915.
- Fastest rise: Between 1970 and 1975, Elton became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 15,000 baby boys to 1 in 5,480.
- Steepest fall: Between 1975 and 1980, its share of baby boys fell by 59%, from 1 in 5,480 to 1 in 13,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Elton's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Elton.
Decade by decade
Babies named Elton in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 37 | 1,666 | – |
| 1930s | 26 | 2,715 | #340 |
| 1940s | 5 | 2,321 | #406 |
| 1950s | 7 | 2,724 | #443 |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,630 | #581 |
| 1970s | 6 | 1,844 | #474 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,077 | #924 |
| 1990s | 0 | 808 | #1,436 |
| 2000s | 0 | 694 | #1,951 |
| 2010s | 0 | 608 | #2,197 |
| 2020–25 | 11 | 482 | #2,313 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
28.8% of babies named Elton from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Elton is most popular
The index compares Elton's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Elton.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 6.52× | 1,432 |
| Mississippi | 3.84× | 570 |
| North Carolina | 2.75× | 954 |
| Arkansas | 2.53× | 318 |
| Alabama | 2.20× | 476 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Elton's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Elton.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Elton (1915).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data