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Elton
Pronounced /ˈɛltən/
Rank in 2024
#2,087
Born in 2024
72
Peak year
1920 · #281
Origin
Old English
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 72 boys were named Elton, about 1 in every 23,824.
- It peaked in 1920 with 394 babies, ranked #281.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 21,292 boys have been named Elton since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Elton per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5,474 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Silent: 4,749 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,657 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,592 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,530 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,089 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 857 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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”).
- A male given name from Old English.
- Origin
- Old English
- Say it
- /ˈɛltən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Elton, CC BY-SA 4.0.