Elliott

Meaning: Yahweh is my God
Origin: English surname — From a medieval diminutive of Elias

Nicknames: Ellie

Boy's name · #160 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

82% boys · 18% girls — Elliott is also given to girls: 489 in 2025, about 18% in recent years. Elliott →

Popularity over time

Elliott is near its high-water mark: it reached #158 in 2020 and still ranked #160 in 2025. About 63,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#121 in England & Wales (2025) · #141 in Canada (2025) · #152 in Scotland (2025) · #175 in N. Ireland (2025) · #198 in Ireland (2025) · #251 in Sweden (2025) · #511 in France (2025) · #566 in Belgium (2025) · #593 in Switzerland (2025) · #974 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,275 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,322 in Austria (2025) and 4 more.

Famous Elliotts

Elliott Gould — American actor (born 1938)
Elliott Smith — American musician (1969–2003)
Elliott Tittensor — British actor (born 1989)
Elliott Abrams — American politician and lawyer (born 1948)
Elliott Yamin — American singer (born 1978)

In stories & tradition

Elliott Taylor — Film character from Steven Spielberg's "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982)
Elliott Gilbert — Fictional character from the Fox series Glee
Elliott — Finding Neverland (musical stage work)

What Elliotts become

Among 312 notable people named Elliott:

Sports figures appear 1.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Elliott Bennett, English footballer (born 1988).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Elliot (#151), Elliott would rank around #69 with about 4,700 births last year — the newborns split about 51/49 between Elliot and Elliott.

Similar names: Elliot · Jude · Eli · Jonah · Barrett · Ezekiel

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