Ellie

#24 for girls in 2025, 6,176 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 98.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 6,317 births
Debut · girls
17 births
In top 100 · girls
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
105,677
since 1880

Ellie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891girlsat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#246,176—
2024#216,317#12,3495
2023#275,972#12,2395
2022#335,787#8,9908
2021#305,867#12,1465
2020#295,606#8,0679
2019#355,433#10,8036
2018#365,223#7,61710
2017#445,020#9,6967
2016#435,074#10,7446
2015#484,873#10,6446
2014#554,487#6,63212
2013#743,766—
2012#853,388#9,7097
2011#973,064—
2010#1042,912#12,2315
2009#1452,234—
2008#1671,996#12,5535
2007#1752,010—
2006#1751,996#9,5857
2005#1841,890—
2004#1891,817#8,1438
2003#1871,728#7,8318
2002#2001,619#7,6438
2001#339906—
2000#360829—
1999#394708—
1998#437603—
1997#545432—
1996#611374—
1995#617359—
1994#802252—
1993#795255—
1992#852234—
1991#1,071169—
1990#1,036173#8,1175
1989#1,239128—
1988#1,49191#7,2705
1987#1,48687—
1986#1,91058—
1985#2,17248—
1984#1,86657#6,3155
1983#1,56571#6,2385
1982#1,62171—
1981#1,49081—
1980#1,55275—
1979#1,47181—
1978#1,78157—
1977#1,71760—
1976#1,49969—
1975#1,45970#4,7976
1974#1,68854—
1973#1,64755#4,5056
1972#1,80447—
1971#2,47730—
1970#1,93144#4,2306
1969#1,64853—
1968#1,77644—
1967#1,82141#3,5596
1966#1,82739#3,2497
1965#1,42160#2,9828
1964#1,41963—
1963#1,26276#3,3187
1962#1,35966#3,3057
1961#1,43560#2,40912
1960#1,28074—
1959#1,30667—
1958#1,37959#2,09315
1957#1,45853—
1956#1,37857#3,2167
1955#1,27562#3,2017
1954#1,40951#2,44911
1953#1,26159#2,39111
1952#1,40248#2,6809
1951#1,43443#2,49510
1950#1,39643#2,43810
1949#1,51237#2,8028
1948#1,38644#2,11513
1947#1,43842#2,49810
1946#1,29045#1,64219
1945#1,23242#2,13111
1944#1,45531#1,63018
1943#1,36736#1,57720
1942#1,36735#1,86715
1941#1,10145#2,20711
1940#1,18638#1,89414
1939#1,17938#2,05012
1938#1,15939#1,74116
1937#1,01848#1,62718
1936#1,02246#2,18411
1935#1,03944#1,83715
1934#1,00547#1,72517
1933#1,02446#1,82915
1932#1,21335#1,65119
1931#1,07443#2,47110
1930#99355#1,42826
1929#98154#1,93316
1928#99456#2,27013
1927#91766#1,43627
1926#87971#2,18614
1925#77391#1,62822
1924#79787#1,49226
1923#80082#1,46026
1922#76093#1,39628
1921#79784#1,90418
1920#79183#1,54324
1919#74389#1,38627
1918#642123#1,44625
1917#75784#1,58721
1916#74483#1,37425
1915#70090#1,24128
1914#69070#1,22123
1913#56781#1,49713
1912#61564#1,35313
1911#62447#1,3877
1910#58450#98111
1909#63838#75614
1908#47956#82511
1907#47556#9309
1906#47751#75211
1905#45854#1,0027
1904#43854—
1903#46148#1,0096
1902#43451#68711
1901#38060—
1900#41765#78511
1899#42148#1,0515
1898#42253#7449
1897#44044#9426
1896#39252#7789
1895#48037#8727
1894#38653—
1893#39147#7688
1892#41341#8617
1891#40138#52412
1890#40040—
1889#41634—
1888#37441#8157
1887#34439#9215
1886#36534#6479
1885#41325#8366
1884#37728#8486
1883#37524#7207
1882#29037—
1881#30127—
1880#40317—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ellie was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 18 girls a year got the name.

Where Ellie is popular in 1891

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Ellie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#21 → #24)
  • 5 spots since 2020 (#29 → #24)
  • 24 spots since 2015 (#48 → #24)
  • Biggest jump: 219 spots in 1992 (#1,071 → #852)
  • Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1909 (#479 → #638)
Rise & fade · girls
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #21 (6,317 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 256
  • Highest: 1 in 256 girls born in 2024 were named Ellie (0.39%)
  • Latest: 1 in 260 girls born in 2025 (0.38%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 40.9% of all girls named Ellie (43,240) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #290 (1882) → #2,477 (1971) → #21 (2024)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s306#290 (1882)#366
1890s453#386 (1894)#415
1900s533#380 (1901)#466
1910s781#567 (1913)#667
1920s767#760 (1922)#849
1930s441#993 (1930)#1,073
1940s395#1,101 (1941)#1,333
1950s542#1,261 (1953)#1,370
1960s576#1,262 (1963)#1,525
1970s567#1,459 (1975)#1,747
1980s767#1,239 (1989)#1,639
1990s3,559#394 (1999)#716
2000s17,025#145 (2009)#212
2010s43,240#35 (2019)#62
2020s35,725#21 (2024)#27

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.

Ellie in 1891

girls
#401
38 births · 1 in 4,881 girls
boys
#524
12 births · 1 in 8,433 boys

Top girls' names in 1891

  1. #1Mary11,704
  2. #2Anna5,099
  3. #3Margaret3,065
  4. #4Elizabeth3,059
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Florence2,716
  7. #7Ethel2,689
  8. #8Minnie2,428
  9. #9Helen2,417
  10. #10Bertha2,372
  11. #401Ellie38

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #524Ellie12
More about 1891

girls

185,482 girls got a published name in 1891; 1 in 4,881 of them was named Ellie, which outranked 73.8% of the 1,533 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ellie
  1. #395Margret39
  2. #395Sudie39
  3. #395Una39
  4. #401Ellie38
  5. #401Madeleine38
  6. #401Mazie38
  7. #404Adelia37
  8. #404Bella37
  9. #404Berta37

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

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 588Aurore#1,338 → #750
  2. ↑ 588Zelpha#1,338 → #750
  3. ↑ 499Leva#1,338 → #839
  4. ↑ 499Vira#1,338 → #839
  5. ↑ 483Sister#1,210 → #727
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Prudie#758 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 571Delila#642 → #1,213
  3. ↓ 541Elmina#791 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 541Tinnie#791 → #1,332
  5. ↓ 520Dorcas#693 → #1,213

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

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 8,433 of them was named Ellie, which outranked 53.5% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ellie
  1. #497Rubin13
  2. #497Rush13
  3. #497Verne13
  4. #524Ellie12
  5. #524Alois12
  6. #524Basil12
  7. #524Buford12
  8. #564Alf11
  9. #564Angus11
  10. #564Bee11

Tied with 39 names at #524; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 487Colonel#884 → #397
  2. ↑ 470Mahlon#994 → #524
  3. ↑ 457Hezekiah#884 → #427
  4. ↑ 430Ruby#994 → #564
  5. ↑ 397Essie#994 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Pierce#389 → #963
  2. ↓ 505Omar#458 → #963
  3. ↓ 452Benton#511 → #963
  4. ↓ 430Ivory#533 → #963
  5. ↓ 430Pleasant#533 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 1891 →