Elson is a rare variant of Ellison that peaked in 1924 and has grown less common since.
Elson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,906 for boy births in the United States (and #10,375 across all names), given to 20 babies. Elson first appears in 1911 and peaked in 1924 (28 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | #4,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #6,562 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #6,300 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | #7,933 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | #5,852 |
| 2020 | 16 | 16 | #5,524 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | #6,190 |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 | #5,161 |
| 2017 | 17 | 17 | #5,352 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | #6,845 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | #7,207 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | #5,549 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | #6,005 |
| 2012 | 25 | 25 | #4,044 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #6,039 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #9,980 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #6,924 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #7,864 |
| 2007 | 22 | 22 | #4,411 |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | #5,870 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | #6,348 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #6,674 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #6,876 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #7,874 |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | #5,210 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | #6,037 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | #6,176 |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | #5,241 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | #4,518 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #6,688 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | #8,115 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #6,542 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | #4,799 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | #4,986 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | #4,571 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | #4,243 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #5,305 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | #4,253 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | #4,049 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #5,004 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #4,833 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #4,302 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #4,625 |
| 1982 | 15 | — | #3,014 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,713 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | #3,692 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | #3,054 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | #4,296 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #5,123 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | #2,671 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #3,195 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #4,681 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #3,422 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #2,864 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #3,135 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #3,135 |
| 1968 | 10 | — | #2,792 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #3,646 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,070 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,746 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #2,580 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #2,909 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,240 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #3,440 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #2,891 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #3,110 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,686 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #3,298 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #2,637 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #3,021 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #2,983 |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #2,030 |
| 1951 | 10 | — | #2,545 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #3,123 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | #1,887 |
| 1948 | 15 | — | #1,967 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,014 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #2,585 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | #1,954 |
| 1944 | 12 | — | #2,108 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | #2,211 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,302 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #2,716 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #1,752 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,094 |
| 1938 | 9 | — | #2,533 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | #1,933 |
| 1936 | 18 | — | #1,603 |
| 1935 | 10 | — | #2,432 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #2,806 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | #1,854 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,511 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | #2,026 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,213 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,237 |
| 1928 | 12 | — | #2,432 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #2,766 |
| 1926 | 14 | — | #2,229 |
| 1925 | 19 | — | #1,827 |
| 1924 | 28 | — | #1,428 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | #2,151 |
| 1922 | 21 | — | #1,712 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | #2,285 |
| 1920 | 21 | — | #1,712 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | #1,830 |
| 1918 | 21 | — | #1,672 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | #1,840 |
| 1916 | 16 | — | #1,874 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #2,690 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,731 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | #2,581 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,361 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,431 |