Ellsworth

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349

Peak · boys
1895 · 37 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,337
since 1880

Ellsworth over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ellsworth has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #295, 1895boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#12,3495
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020#7,03411
2019—
2018#10,7606
2017#8,1409
2016—
2015—
2014#10,7176
2013#10,7286
2012—
2011—
2010#12,2315
2009#12,4915
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000#10,3495
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992#6,6707
1991#6,5197
1990#6,4157
1989—
1988—
1987#6,9515
1986#6,7215
1985#3,80511
1984#4,9737
1983—
1982#3,28213
1981#3,03014
1980#3,43012
1979#4,4038
1978#2,47318
1977#3,8369
1976—
1975#4,3097
1974#2,94612
1973#3,22310
1972#2,81912
1971#2,68613
1970#2,89111
1969#2,30814
1968#1,69522
1967#1,97416
1966#2,46511
1965#1,66922
1964#2,20514
1963#1,90218
1962#1,89618
1961#1,26239
1960#1,35934
1959#1,70922
1958#1,53426
1957#1,21441
1956#1,36232
1955#1,18140
1954#1,24236
1953#97554
1952#1,06646
1951#1,01748
1950#93454
1949#1,14438
1948#87261
1947#84267
1946#79370
1945#80959
1944#73571
1943#70982
1942#78667
1941#71375
1940#74168
1939#61789
1938#63589
1937#59395
1936#556106
1935#572103
1934#59797
1933#543110
1932#550114
1931#535118
1930#534124
1929#457167
1928#481160
1927#451183
1926#432197
1925#407218
1924#417215
1923#387236
1922#409218
1921#362276
1920#381245
1919#384231
1918#330300
1917#331270
1916#336252
1915#328259
1914#304219
1913#353137
1912#312138
1911#36358
1910#39644
1909#35743
1908#34144
1907#36637
1906#34237
1905#37031
1904#33536
1903#48719
1902#38826
1901#39922
1900#43027
1899#32230
1898#43521
1897#35328
1896#33831
1895#29537
1894#30832
1893#45916
1892#35728
1891#45615
1890#37622
1889#44617
1888#36925
1887#42016
1886#54012
1885#46216
1884#54712
1883#29830
1882#37722
1881#44215
1880#57111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ellsworth was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ellsworth is popular in 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Ellsworth
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1950 (#1,144 → #934)
  • Biggest drop: 272 spots in 1949 (#872 → #1,144)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1895 at #295 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 67 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1948
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,990
  • Highest: 1 in 2,990 boys born in 1914 were named Ellsworth (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #295 in 1895, was only 1 in 3,173 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 28.8% of all boys named Ellsworth (2,115) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s176#298 (1883)#447
1890s260#295 (1895)#370
1900s322#335 (1904)#382
1910s1,908#304 (1914)#344
1920s2,115#362 (1921)#418
1930s1,045#534 (1930)#573
1940s658#709 (1943)#814
1950s399#934 (1950)#1,223
1960s208#1,262 (1961)#1,874
1970s100#2,473 (1978)#3,287
1980s67#3,030 (1981)#4,599
1990s21#6,415 (1990)#6,535
2000s10#10,349 (2000)#11,420
2010s32#8,140 (2017)#10,515
2020s16#7,034 (2020)#9,692

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

Ellsworth in 1889

boys
#446
17 births · 1 in 6,505 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #446Ellsworth17
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 6,505 of them was named Ellsworth, which outranked 59.9% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ellsworth
  1. #434Turner18
  2. #434Verne18
  3. #434Waldo18
  4. #446Ellsworth17
  5. #446Alphonse17
  6. #446Burt17
  7. #446Evan17
  8. #464Adrian16
  9. #464Alvie16
  10. #464Basil16

Tied with 17 names at #446; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 506Connie#1,031 → #525
  2. ↑ 483Hamilton#917 → #434
  3. ↑ 482Ballard#1,031 → #549
  4. ↑ 453Bertie#917 → #464
  5. ↑ 450Essie#1,031 → #581
Fallers
  1. ↓ 510Wendell#464 → #974
  2. ↓ 469Melton#505 → #974
  3. ↓ 462Enos#416 → #878
  4. ↓ 394Ruby#580 → #974
  5. ↓ 394Webb#580 → #974

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

See the top 100 for 1889 →