Boy
Elton
Elton means "Old English place name" and comes from Old English, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
Old EnglishOld English place name
Etymology"Ella's town" or "old town"
Births by decade
1900s
384
1910s
2,288
1920s
3,618
1930s
2,741
1940s
2,326
1950s
2,730
1960s
1,630
1970s
1,849
1980s
1,077
1990s
808
2000s
694
2010s
454
Peaked in the 1920s · 20,599 total U.S. births since 1900