Elton

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Elton: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Elton: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 20 years, its highest recorded position is #200, and it stood at #1,282 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#200highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Elton's record

Absent from every published list for 20 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#2142
2001	#3134
2002	#1651
2003	#3467
2004	#2304
2005	#3849
2006	#2087
2007	#2211
2008	#3687
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2011	#4647
2012	#3416
2013	#4685
2014	#3895
2016	#2804
2018	#3959
2019	#1869
2020	#1635
2021	#1860
2022	#1469
2023	#1309
2024	#1282

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 9 of the 29 years from 1972 to 2000.

In 2000: #390 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2142 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1972–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #254 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1972–2000
Highest recorded position: #200 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1972–2000).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Elton appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 23 ranked years and 176 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1972.

Elton across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Elton's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#254 (1972)	#200 (1973)	#390 (2000)	9 of 29	49 (1972–2000)	11 (1973)
England and Wales · Boys	#2142 (2000)	#1282 (2024)	#1282 (2024)	23 of 25	176 (2000–2024)	21 (2024)

Elton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Elton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	51	10 of 10	5
2010s	41	8 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	84	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Elton appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #200 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Elton's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1972 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #200, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 20 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Donatas · #199, 26y
Miller · #199, 27y
Catherina · #198, 36y
Bill · #203, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Breandan · #199, 13y
Donatas · #199, 26y
Maebh · #201, 46y
Tea · #199, 45y

Elton was ranked #200 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1973. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Elton and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Elton without appearing here.

Elton moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1635 and #4608.
Joakim Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1860 and #4789.
Daithi Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1869 and #4702.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1869 and #4702.

Moved ahead of Elton

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1282 and #1132.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1635 and #1548.
Ryan Compare
In 1973 they stood at #200 and #227 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1974 that had become #240 and #173.
Dylan Compare
In 1973 they stood at #200 and #215 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1974 that had become #240 and #190.

Moved the opposite way to Elton

Aaron Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Elton went from #2142 to #1282 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Elton went from #2142 to #1282 while Adam went from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Elton went from #2142 to #1282 while Alan went from #262 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Elton went from #2142 to #1282 while Alex went from #48 to #171.

Moved the same way as Elton

Albie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Elton went from #2142 to #1282 and Albie from #624 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Elton went from #2142 to #1282 and Alfie from #57 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Elton went from #2142 to #1282 and Alfred from #139 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Elton went from #2142 to #1282 and Archie from #81 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #200 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elton

Elton at a glance

What stands out in Elton's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elton across 2 official records

Elton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Elton appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Elton at a glance

What stands out in Elton's record

Elton across 2 official records

Elton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Elton appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Elton

Elton and the names beside it

Elton moved ahead of

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