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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #354, 2019girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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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1983#9,0156
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1981#10,4115
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1978#6,9488
1977#9,6525
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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 2014

  • 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: #225 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 755 girlsNHWashington: #398 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,744 girlsWAIdaho: #371 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,287 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #386 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,646 girlsMNIllinois: #500 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,457 girlsILWisconsin: #331 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,358 girlsWIMichigan: #362 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,687 girlsMINew York: #328 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 1,594 girlsNYMassachusetts: #289 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,270 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedRIOregon: #318 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,289 girlsORNevada: #532 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,156 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedSDIowa: #235 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 926 girlsIAIndiana: #383 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,697 girlsINOhio: #414 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,036 girlsOHPennsylvania: #340 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,478 girlsPANew Jersey: #343 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,613 girlsNJConnecticut: #390 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,729 girlsCTCalifornia: #364 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 1,807 girlsCAUtah: #196 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 755 girlsUTColorado: #266 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,107 girlsCONebraska: #283 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,001 girlsNEMissouri: #423 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,936 girlsMOKentucky: #621 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,080 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedWVVirginia: #376 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,696 girlsVAMaryland: #463 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,026 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedDEArizona: #388 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,669 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNMKansas: #383 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,440 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedARTennessee: #750 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,889 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #472 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,256 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #737 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,652 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #202 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 577 girlsDCOklahoma: #381 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,533 girlsOKLouisiana: #445 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,900 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMSAlabama: #687 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,224 girlsALGeorgia: #446 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,096 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedHITexas: #451 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 2,224 girlsTXFlorida: #365 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 1,744 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#196 · 1 in 755
  2. District of Columbia#202 · 1 in 577
  3. New Hampshire#225 · 1 in 755
  4. Iowa#235 · 1 in 926
  5. Colorado#266 · 1 in 1,107

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#196241 in 755
District of Columbia#20261 in 577
New Hampshire#22551 in 755
Iowa#235141 in 926
Colorado#266211 in 1,107
Nebraska#28381 in 1,001
Massachusetts#289201 in 1,270
Oregon#318121 in 1,289
New York#328581 in 1,594
Wisconsin#331171 in 1,358
Pennsylvania#340361 in 1,478
New Jersey#343231 in 1,613
Michigan#362251 in 1,687
California#3641161 in 1,807
Florida#365481 in 1,744
Idaho#37151 in 1,287
Virginia#376221 in 1,696
Oklahoma#381111 in 1,533
Indiana#383181 in 1,697
Kansas#38391 in 1,440
Minnesota#386151 in 1,646
Arizona#388191 in 1,669
Connecticut#39071 in 1,729
Washington#398181 in 1,744
Ohio#414261 in 2,036
Missouri#423141 in 1,936
Louisiana#445111 in 1,900
Georgia#446231 in 2,096
Texas#451751 in 2,224
Maryland#463121 in 2,026
North Carolina#472201 in 2,256
Illinois#500241 in 2,457
Nevada#53251 in 2,156
Kentucky#62161 in 3,080
Alabama#68761 in 3,224
South Carolina#73751 in 3,652
Tennessee#75081 in 3,889
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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 2014

girls
#395
825 births · 1 in 2,165 girls

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #395Elle825
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 2,165 of them was named Elle, which outranked 97.9% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elle
  1. #392Logan832
  2. #393Bethany829
  3. #394Dylan828
  4. #395Elle825
  5. #395Aspen825
  6. #397Malaysia824
  7. #398Jazmin820
  8. #399Haylee817

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →