Thirty years of Elliott
Elliott in numbers
Elliott peaked in 2015 with 938 boys and has fallen since, to 418 in 2025. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2011 and 2014, from 601 to 914. It ranked 88th in 1996, reached 71st in 2015 and ranks 121st now. On average it was given to 611 boys a year in the late 1990s, 440 in the 2000s, 749 in the 2010s and 507 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Elliot (544), Eliot (28), Eliott (12). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Elliott.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-5%441 to 418
- 5 years-35%647 to 418
- 10 years-55%938 to 418
- 20 years-5%438 to 418
- Since 1996-35%645 to 418
- Total, 1996 to 202517,382boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 121 · ONS · 441 in 2024
Rank 152 · NRS · 21 in 2024
Rank 175 · NISRA · 17 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | 418 | -5% | 1 in 719 |
| 2024 | =121 | 441 | -0% | 1 in 692 |
| 2023 | 120 | 443 | -17% | 1 in 684 |
| 2022 | 103 | 531 | -6% | 1 in 585 |
| 2021 | 107 | 564 | -13% | 1 in 568 |
| 2020 | 87 | 647 | -11% | 1 in 486 |
| 2019 | 83 | 728 | +0% | 1 in 452 |
| 2018 | 86 | 728 | -13% | 1 in 464 |
| 2017 | 80 | 834 | -7% | 1 in 417 |
| 2016 * | 74 | 892 | -5% | 1 in 399 |
| 2015 | 71 | 938 | +3% | 1 in 382 |
| 2014 | 72 | 914 | +27% | 1 in 390 |
| 2013 | 84 | 722 | +7% | 1 in 496 |
| 2012 | 95 | 672 | +12% | 1 in 557 |
| 2011 | 107 | 601 | +30% | 1 in 617 |
| 2010 | 130 | 464 | +6% | 1 in 799 |
| 2009 | =134 | 437 | +3% | 1 in 829 |
| 2008 | 134 | 425 | -2% | 1 in 854 |
| 2007 | =126 | 435 | -13% | 1 in 815 |
| 2006 | 114 | 498 | +14% | 1 in 688 |
| 2005 | 125 | 438 | +6% | 1 in 755 |
| 2004 | 127 | 413 | -1% | 1 in 795 |
| 2003 | 120 | 418 | +0% | 1 in 762 |
| 2002 | 115 | 416 | -2% | 1 in 736 |
| 2001 | 107 | 423 | -15% | 1 in 720 |
| 2000 | 102 | 499 | -9% | 1 in 620 |
| 1999 | 96 | 548 | -11% | 1 in 583 |
| 1998 | 90 | 613 | -4% | 1 in 532 |
| 1997 | 87 | 637 | -1% | 1 in 517 |
| 1996 | 88 | 645 | 1 in 517 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate