# Elton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “eel”, “farm”, “village”, “prince”, “estate”, “eel fishery” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛltən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,553 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,353 / 200 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 188, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a number of sources, including: # For the places in Cheshire, County Durham, and Derbyshire, England: from Old English ēl (“eel”) + tūn (“farm, village”) since the village is situated above a small stream. Less likely, from Old English personal name Ella + tūn. # For the place in Cambridgeshire, England: from Middle English Adelintune, from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“estate”). # For the place in Gloucestershire, England: from Middle English Elwinton, from Old English personal name Ælfwine + tūn (“estate”). # For the place in Herefordshire, England: from Middle English Elintona, from Old English *æling (“eel fishery”) + tūn (“estate”), in reference to nearby Wigmore Lake. # For the place in Nottinghamshire, England, see Elton on the Hill.

## What it means

Elton is grouped under king.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 6 | 4,611 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4,547 |
| 1924 | 7 | 4,128 |
| 1926 | 11 | 2,932 |
| 1927 | 14 | 2,463 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3,878 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,788 |
| 1931 | 6 | 4,015 |
| 1933 | 9 | 2,951 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,955 |
| 1936 | 5 | 4,397 |
| 1943 | 5 | 4,877 |
| 1954 | 7 | 4,804 |
| 1975 | 6 | 8,289 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,155 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,155 |
| 2012 | 55 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 45 | 2,634 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,101 |
| 2015 | 62 | 2,197 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,260 |
| 2017 | 51 | 2,501 |
| 2018 | 73 | 2,000 |
| 2019 | 80 | 1,872 |
| 2020 | 90 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 111 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 80 | 1,941 |
| 2023 | 69 | 2,114 |
| 2024 | 72 | 2,082 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2,313 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,282 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Էլթոն
- Chinese: 埃爾頓 /埃尔顿
- Georgian: ელტონი
- Russian: Э́лтон

## People named Elton

- Elton John, British singer, songwriter and musician (born 1947)
- Elton Mayo, Australian psychologist and sociologist
- Elton Brand, American basketball player (born 1979)
- Élton Rodrigues Brandão, Brazilian association football player
- Elton Dean, British saxophonist (1945–2006)
- Elton Brown, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Jack Elton Bresenham, American computer scientist
- Elton Acolatse, Dutch footballer
- Elton Gallegly, American politician
- Elton Kabangu, Belgian association football player
- Elton Britt, country music guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Elton Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.