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Baby name
Elton
Boy
Origin of the name
Elton was first an English surname, taken from a place name. The singer Elton John made it famous.
Classic name
21,353births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 281rank at its peak, in 1920
Where babies named Elton are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Elton is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Elton is most common in Louisiana (6 times), Mississippi (3.6) and Arkansas (2.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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