Elliot
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Elliot
Elliot (which boasts several spellings depending upon how many 'l's or 't's you want to use) is a winner -- it has the ideal quality of being neither too common nor weirdly unique. Elliot had a style boost back in the early 1980s via the young hero of the movie E.T. , who was named Elliott. Since then there have been Elliots on Law & Order: SVU and Mad Men.
Elliot for boys#151 US
Elliot namesakes include composer Carter, actor Gould, and photographer Erwitt.
Elliot for girls#1035 US
Elliot is another traditional boy name used for girls", a trend led by political commentator George Stephanopoulos and his actress wife Ali Wentworth.
Variously spelled Eliot, Elliot, Elliott and Elliotte (used by Marla Sokoloff), its star is definitely on the rise for girls.
Bonus for girls is cute and feminine nickname, Elle. And many parents, of course, choose Elliot to get to the trendy short form Ellie or even Ella. At this point, Elliot has become one of the most popular unisex names starting with E.
Dr. Elliot Reid was a female character on Scrubs.
Pronounced EL-yut.
As of October 2026, Elliot ranked #151 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #150 in 2024, Nameberry popularity #98.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #216 | 1,772 | #762 | 367 |
| 2015 | #208 | 1,912 | #634 | 450 |
| 2016 | #180 | 2,242 | #632 | 474 |
| 2017 | #161 | 2,435 | #613 | 495 |
| 2018 | #162 | 2,375 | #633 | 471 |
| 2019 | #171 | 2,251 | #593 | 511 |
| 2020 | #164 | 2,318 | #573 | 511 |
| 2021 | #159 | 2,414 | #772 | 369 |
| 2022 | #150 | 2,532 | #787 | 360 |
| 2023 | #178 | 2,066 | #896 | 298 |
| 2024 | #150 | 2,370 | #944 | 278 |
| 2025 | #151 | 2,417 | #1,035 | 241 |
World rankings
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Famous Elliots
- Elliot BalchinBoy
English actor
- Elliot LevineBoy
American jazz keyboardist
- Elliot KnightBoy
English actor
- Elliot CowanBoy
English actor
- Elliot Lee RichardsonBoy
American politician and attorney general
- Elliot AronsonBoy
American psychologist
- Elliot BenyonBoy
English footballer
- Elliot BigelowBoy
right fielder in Major League Baseball
- Elliot BrownBoy
English actor
- Elliot BunneyBoy
Scottish athlete
- Elliot ChorleyBoy
Canadian ice hockey right winger
- Elliot DalyBoy
English rugby union footballer
- Elliot DavisBoy
British composer, musician, and music documentary maker
- Elliot EastonBoy
lead guitarist for the Cars
- Elliot EvansBoy
English teen pop singer
- Elliot GleaveBoy
British singer/rapper
- Elliot GoldenthalBoy
American composer
- Elliot M SeeBoy
American astronaut
- Maxfield Elliot MabiusBoy
Son of actor Eric Mabius
- Elliot FletcherBoy
American actor
- Elliot PageBoy
Canadian actor
- Elliot FinnGirl
daughter of singer Tim Finn and Marie Azcona
Elliot in pop culture
- Elliot StablerBoy
character in "Law & Order SVU"
- ElliotBoy
character in "Open Season"
- Elliot DiMauroBoy
character in "Just Shoot Me!"
- Ellio SchaferBoy
main character in Sarah Rees Brennan's "In Other Lands"
- Elliot GreyBoy
character in "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy
- Elliot GrantBoy
character in "Mew Mew Power"
- Elliot EdwardsBoy
character in the Sega Saturn video game NiGHTS into Dreams...
- ElliotBoy
character in the "House of Night" Series (PC Cast)
- Elliot WestonBoy
character from TV's "Thirtysomething"
- Elliot AldersonBoy
the main character in the TV show "Mr. Robot"
- Elliot ParkBoy
character in TV's "Young & Hungry"
- Elliot BaranskiBoy
main character in "The Colours of Madeleine" trilogy by Jaclyn Moriarty
- Dr. Elliot DixonBoy
character on TV's "Code Black"
- Elliot ReidBoy
female character in Scrubs
- Elliot MinorBoy
British rock band
- Billy ElliotBoy
musical and its main character
- Little Jock ElliotBoy
Scottish border ballad
- Elliot SaundersBoy
character in "Hush Hush" by Becca Fitzpatrick
- Elliot SpencerBoy
character from TV's "Leverage"
- ElliotBoy
character in video game "Stardew Valley" by Eric Barone
- Elliot ReidGirl
a doctor on the American TV show "Scrubs"
- Elliot "Elly" TorresGirl
character in "Blood Stain"
- ElliotGirl
from the last book in the "Bad Girls Don't Die" series, "As Dead as It Gets"
- Amy Elliot DunneGirl
main character in "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn and the movie based upon it