Elle

#461 for girls in 2025, 668 births

Peak · girls
2019 · 890 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,247
since 1977

Elle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elle has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #354, 2019girls
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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#461668
2024#479644
2023#441702
2022#393795
2021#357870
2020#370842
2019#354890
2018#382817
2017#375833
2016#399834
2015#397819
2014#395825
2013#408749
2012#383822
2011#414766
2010#420750
2009#443709
2008#492642
2007#475677
2006#481653
2005#505594
2004#494596
2003#556497
2002#612418
2001#1,076197
2000#1,127181
1999#1,153170
1998#1,254145
1997#1,249142
1996#1,238141
1995#1,286130
1994#1,341125
1993#1,61194
1992#1,523103
1991#1,443110
1990#1,63491
1989#1,49696
1988#2,64640
1987#3,33127
1986#5,75712
1985#8,3187
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Elle! It came in at #9,652, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1979–1982, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Elle is popular in 2013

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNHWashington: #418 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,864 girlsWAIdaho: #345 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,236 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #356 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,611 girlsMNIllinois: #380 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,811 girlsILWisconsin: #350 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,538 girlsWIMichigan: #329 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,542 girlsMINew York: #377 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,942 girlsNYMassachusetts: #219 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 940 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedRIOregon: #413 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,668 girlsORNevada: #238 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 878 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedSDIowa: #351 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,419 girlsIAIndiana: #354 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,570 girlsINOhio: #325 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,547 girlsOHPennsylvania: #343 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,578 girlsPANew Jersey: #365 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,738 girlsNJConnecticut: #344 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,468 girlsCTCalifornia: #426 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 2,137 girlsCAUtah: #191 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 736 girlsUTColorado: #342 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,420 girlsCONebraska: #311 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,124 girlsNEMissouri: #298 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,287 girlsMOKentucky: #618 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,083 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedWVVirginia: #336 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,512 girlsVAMaryland: #554 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,613 girlsMDDelaware: #183 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 515 girlsDEArizona: #281 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,229 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNMKansas: #419 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,609 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedARTennessee: #656 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,304 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #467 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,215 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #436 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,946 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #739 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,330 girlsOKLouisiana: #484 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,015 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedALGeorgia: #485 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,327 girlsGAHawaii: #172 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 545 girlsHITexas: #726 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 4,024 girlsTXFlorida: #480 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,536 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#172 · 1 in 545
  2. Delaware#183 · 1 in 515
  3. Utah#191 · 1 in 736
  4. Massachusetts#219 · 1 in 940
  5. Nevada#238 · 1 in 878

Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#17261 in 545
Delaware#18351 in 515
Utah#191241 in 736
Massachusetts#219271 in 940
Nevada#238121 in 878
Arizona#281251 in 1,229
Missouri#298211 in 1,287
Nebraska#31171 in 1,124
Ohio#325341 in 1,547
Michigan#329271 in 1,542
Virginia#336241 in 1,512
Colorado#342161 in 1,420
Pennsylvania#343331 in 1,578
Connecticut#34481 in 1,468
Idaho#34551 in 1,236
Wisconsin#350151 in 1,538
Iowa#35191 in 1,419
Indiana#354191 in 1,570
Minnesota#356151 in 1,611
New Jersey#365211 in 1,738
New York#377471 in 1,942
Illinois#380321 in 1,811
Oregon#41391 in 1,668
Washington#418161 in 1,864
Kansas#41981 in 1,609
California#426961 in 2,137
South Carolina#43691 in 1,946
North Carolina#467201 in 2,215
Florida#480321 in 2,536
Louisiana#484101 in 2,015
Georgia#485201 in 2,327
Maryland#55491 in 2,613
Kentucky#61861 in 3,083
Tennessee#65691 in 3,304
Texas#726401 in 4,024
Oklahoma#73951 in 3,330
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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 Elle
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 18 spots since 2024 (#479#461)
  • 91 spots since 2020 (#370#461)
  • 64 spots since 2015 (#397#461)
  • Biggest jump: 464 spots in 2002 (#1,076#612)
  • Biggest drop: 48 spots in 2023 (#393#441)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2019 at #354 (890 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,886
  • Highest: 1 in 1,886 girls born in 2019 were named Elle (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,406 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 42.1% of all girls named Elle (8,105) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s13#6,948 (1978)#8,300
1980s193#1,496 (1989)#5,853
1990s1,251#1,153 (1999)#1,373
2000s5,164#443 (2009)#626
2010s8,105#354 (2019)#393
2020s4,521#357 (2021)#417

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.

Elle in 2013

girls
#408
749 births · 1 in 2,343 girls

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #408Elle749
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 2,343 of them was named Elle, which outranked 97.9% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elle
  1. #405Sloane756
  2. #406Caitlyn754
  3. #407Gracelyn751
  4. #408Elle749
  5. #409Michaela744
  6. #409Serena744
  7. #411Helen740
Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. 3,124Daleyza#3,711#587
  2. 736Marjorie#1,646#910
  3. 683Lennon#1,612#929
  4. 561Jurnee#1,457#896
  5. 539Everleigh#1,405#866
Fallers
  1. 827Litzy#598#1,425
  2. 409Geraldine#994#1,403
  3. 384Taraji#858#1,242
  4. 374Marisa#977#1,351
  5. 372Adley#733#1,105

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

See the top 100 for 2013