girls:
5 births since 2016
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1911
#3495 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1911
#6628 (14th percentile)
The name Elston is the #6,628 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,111 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 14.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,495 (23.7% percentile) for all time with 1,106 births since 1911. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2016.
Elston first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (1911 for boys and 2016 for girls). Birth data for Elston is available in 94 out of the 112 years between 1911 and 2022 (94 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Elston has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Elston reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #621) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 23 births per million (ranked 6.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Elston reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #957) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elston".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Elston. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.8% confident that Elston is pronounced as EHL-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ihl-STAHN, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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