Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Elton

Gender

Male

Origin

English
From the old town

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic
  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Elton

Pronunciation

e-lton, el-ton

Famous People

Musician Elton John

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1920 (rank #281, 394 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2304, 60 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1927 (rank #2433, 14 births); most recent 2021 (rank #8969, 11 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202560–
202472–
202369–
202279–
202111111
202090–
201980–
201873–
201751–
201659–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1282, 21 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2012, 12 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202512
202421
202320
202217
202112
202014
201912
20184
2017–
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #1687, 16 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4157, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20234
20227
20214
20208
2019–
2018–
20175
20168
20154
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1973 (rank #200, 11 births); most recent 2000 (rank #390, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1974 (rank #281, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence