Ellamae

#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births

Peak · girls
1922 · 70 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,358
since 1898

Ellamae over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ellamae has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #872, 1922girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,64565
2024#2,41375
2023#2,75762
2022#2,40476
2021#2,28680
2020#2,34175
2019#2,53869
2018#3,15851
2017#2,96455
2016#3,06054
2015#3,70541
2014#3,08054
2013#4,75529
2012#4,29634
2011#5,20726
2010#6,38220
2009#7,67916
2008#7,07318
2007#5,70924
2006#12,4208
2005#6,82017
2004#11,6248
2003#9,04811
2002#12,1877
2001—
2000#15,0315
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1998#14,1225
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1976#9,2845
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1967#6,0426
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1964#6,0096
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1961#4,5469
1960#4,4379
1959—
1958#4,8907
1957—
1956#4,1619
1955#3,37712
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1953#4,2268
1952#5,5635
1951#3,7149
1950#3,9628
1949#2,99912
1948#3,5939
1947#3,44810
1946#3,03411
1945#1,69924
1944#2,19916
1943#2,15117
1942#2,31115
1941#1,56925
1940#1,51826
1939#1,79719
1938#1,54724
1937#1,73520
1936#1,50724
1935#1,84518
1934#1,77119
1933#1,47025
1932#1,52025
1931#1,25833
1930#1,37131
1929#1,30633
1928#1,54127
1927#1,21341
1926#1,22040
1925#1,10148
1924#1,04655
1923#1,05452
1922#87270
1921#1,01754
1920#98955
1919#1,19439
1918#93059
1917#1,20536
1916#1,05943
1915#1,02542
1914#1,05932
1913#1,22921
1912#1,71911
1911#1,37212
1910#1,52110
1909#1,05215
1908#1,5478
1907#1,3849
1906#1,3219
1905#1,2989
1904#96514
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1901#1,3397
1900#1,00814
1899#1,5965
1898#1,3797
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First appearance
1898

The first year at least five girls were named Ellamae! It came in at #1,379, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1902–1903, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Ellamae is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #462 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,652 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ellamae, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#462 · 1 in 5,652

Best ever in a state: #371 in Wisconsin, 1922.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ellamae
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 232 spots since 2024 (#2,413 → #2,645)
  • 304 spots since 2020 (#2,341 → #2,645)
  • 1,060 spots since 2015 (#3,705 → #2,645)
  • Biggest jump: 275 spots in 1918 (#1,205 → #930)
  • Biggest drop: 333 spots in 1905 (#965 → #1,298)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1922 at #872 (70 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1904–1922
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,157
  • Highest: 1 in 17,157 girls born in 1922 were named Ellamae (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.1% of all girls named Ellamae (475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#1,379 (1898)#1,488
1900s85#965 (1904)#1,239
1910s305#930 (1918)#1,231
1920s475#872 (1922)#1,136
1930s238#1,258 (1931)#1,582
1940s165#1,518 (1940)#2,452
1950s58#3,377 (1955)#4,270
1960s30#4,437 (1960)#5,259
1970s5#9,284 (1976)#9,284
1980s0——
1990s5#14,122 (1998)#14,122
2000s114#5,709 (2007)#9,732
2010s433#2,538 (2019)#3,915
2020s433#2,286 (2021)#2,474

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ellamae in 1918

girls
#930
59 births · 1 in 19,621 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #930Ellamae59
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 19,621 of them was named Ellamae, which outranked 83.3% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ellamae
  1. #921Sidney60
  2. #921Thora60
  3. #921Versie60
  4. #930Ellamae59
  5. #930Adelina59
  6. #930Lavera59
  7. #930Margaretta59
  8. #937Arlie58
  9. #937Coletta58
  10. #937Dimple58

Tied with 6 names at #930; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918 →