Eliott
Masculine · “my God is the Lord”
Eliott descends from Elijah — my God is the Lord — reshaped by Norman French into a surname and back into a given name.
How old is the name Eliott?
Eliott first appears in US birth records in 1888 — 137 years ago. The typical Eliott alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 2,000 people named Eliott are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eliott most popular?
Eliott peaked in 1888, reaching #1031 nationally. Today it ranks #2304, 1,273 places below that high. See the whole 1888 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Eliyahu to Eliott
The story of Eliott
Elijah's Greek form Elias reached England with the Normans, who made the diminutive Eliot; it became a surname and was taken back up as a first name in the nineteenth century. T. S. Eliot and George Eliot both carried the surname, the second as a pen name. Eliott is a modern spelling and is in current American use.
Meaning
my God is the Lord
Through Elias and the Old French diminutive Eliot, from the Hebrew Eliyahu — Eli, 'my God', and Yahu, the divine name. The name became an English surname and then a given name again. The chain is documented.
How the name formed
- Eliyahu
- Elias
- Eliot
- Eliott
Related forms: Elliot · Elliott · Éliot
Pronouncing Eliott
EL-ee-ut
Three syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Eliott
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1888
- Most boys named
- 202480 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1031reached in 1888
- Change vs 2024
- −25.0%60 in 2025, from 80
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Eliott in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Elliot in English — spelling variant
- Elliott in English — spelling variant
- Éliot in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York. INSEE rounds every published count to the nearest five for statistical confidentiality; the ranks are calculated from the exact figures. International figures from INSEE. Sources
Eliotts among us
people named Eliott are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,468 born in 2025 was named Eliott
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Eliott
- #2304
- Eliott on the 2025 chart
- #69
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Eliott went to 60 boys in 2025, but Elliot, Elliott and Eliot are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 4,894, which makes it the 69th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,235 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 349 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,468 for Eliott itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Eliott sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Eliott is headed
Eliott should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Eliott beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eliott in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The my-God-is-the-Lord meaning is a complete statement.
- Eli is available as a short form with a large record.
- That the name went from given to surname and back is a genuinely good history.
- Four spellings differing only in doubled letters are in circulation.
- Elliott is the commonest American spelling.
- It will be respelled by other people constantly.
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Masculine · #2304 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Eliotts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Eliott are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Eliott?
- Eliott is one of 4 recorded spellings. Elliot is the more common one — 2,417 births in 2025 against 60 for Eliott.
- How popular is the name Eliott in 2025?
- Eliott ranks #2304 among US boy names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eliott?
- About 1 in every 28,468 US boys born in 2025 was named Eliott — 60 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eliott with classmates?
- Eliott will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Eliott
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