Ellsworth
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,337since 1880
Ellsworth over time
Rank among boys' names. Ellsworth has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #1,262 | 39 |
| 1960 | #1,359 | 34 |
| 1959 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,534 | 26 |
| 1957 | #1,214 | 41 |
| 1956 | #1,362 | 32 |
| 1955 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1954 | #1,242 | 36 |
| 1953 | #975 | 54 |
| 1952 | #1,066 | 46 |
| 1951 | #1,017 | 48 |
| 1950 | #934 | 54 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1948 | #872 | 61 |
| 1947 | #842 | 67 |
| 1946 | #793 | 70 |
| 1945 | #809 | 59 |
| 1944 | #735 | 71 |
| 1943 | #709 | 82 |
| 1942 | #786 | 67 |
| 1941 | #713 | 75 |
| 1940 | #741 | 68 |
| 1939 | #617 | 89 |
| 1938 | #635 | 89 |
| 1937 | #593 | 95 |
| 1936 | #556 | 106 |
| 1935 | #572 | 103 |
| 1934 | #597 | 97 |
| 1933 | #543 | 110 |
| 1932 | #550 | 114 |
| 1931 | #535 | 118 |
| 1930 | #534 | 124 |
| 1929 | #457 | 167 |
| 1928 | #481 | 160 |
| 1927 | #451 | 183 |
| 1926 | #432 | 197 |
| 1925 | #407 | 218 |
| 1924 | #417 | 215 |
| 1923 | #387 | 236 |
| 1922 | #409 | 218 |
| 1921 | #362 | 276 |
| 1920 | #381 | 245 |
| 1919 | #384 | 231 |
| 1918 | #330 | 300 |
| 1917 | #331 | 270 |
| 1916 | #336 | 252 |
| 1915 | #328 | 259 |
| 1914 | #304 | 219 |
| 1913 | #353 | 137 |
| 1912 | #312 | 138 |
| 1911 | #363 | 58 |
| 1910 | #396 | 44 |
| 1909 | #357 | 43 |
| 1908 | #341 | 44 |
| 1907 | #366 | 37 |
| 1906 | #342 | 37 |
| 1905 | #370 | 31 |
| 1904 | #335 | 36 |
| 1903 | #487 | 19 |
| 1902 | #388 | 26 |
| 1901 | #399 | 22 |
| 1900 | #430 | 27 |
| 1899 | #322 | 30 |
| 1898 | #435 | 21 |
| 1897 | #353 | 28 |
| 1896 | #338 | 31 |
| 1895 | #295 | 37 |
| 1894 | #308 | 32 |
| 1893 | #459 | 16 |
| 1892 | #357 | 28 |
| 1891 | #456 | 15 |
| 1890 | #376 | 22 |
| 1889 | #446 | 17 |
| 1888 | #369 | 25 |
| 1887 | #420 | 16 |
| 1886 | #540 | 12 |
| 1885 | #462 | 16 |
| 1884 | #547 | 12 |
| 1883 | #298 | 30 |
| 1882 | #377 | 22 |
| 1881 | #442 | 15 |
| 1880 | #571 | 11 |
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 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#74 · 1 in 426
- Maryland#133 · 1 in 995
- Connecticut#141 · 1 in 1,245
- North Dakota#167 · 1 in 945
- Wisconsin#188 · 1 in 1,618
Best ever in a state: #63 in District of Columbia, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #74 | 7 | 1 in 426 |
| Maryland | #133 | 13 | 1 in 995 |
| Connecticut | #141 | 10 | 1 in 1,245 |
| North Dakota | #167 | 7 | 1 in 945 |
| Wisconsin | #188 | 14 | 1 in 1,618 |
| New Jersey | #193 | 10 | 1 in 2,908 |
| Minnesota | #194 | 14 | 1 in 1,505 |
| Pennsylvania | #230 | 27 | 1 in 3,143 |
| Ohio | #237 | 18 | 1 in 2,737 |
| Iowa | #239 | 9 | 1 in 2,324 |
| Michigan | #243 | 13 | 1 in 2,595 |
| New York | #284 | 23 | 1 in 3,931 |
| West Virginia | #288 | 6 | 1 in 2,534 |
| California | #298 | 9 | 1 in 2,890 |
| Massachusetts | #302 | 6 | 1 in 5,544 |
| Illinois | #313 | 13 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Virginia | #419 | 5 | 1 in 4,789 |
| Missouri | #421 | 5 | 1 in 5,572 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Ellsworth
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #295 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 67 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1948
- 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
- 28.8% of all boys named Ellsworth (2,115) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 176 | #298 (1883) | #447 |
| 1890s | 260 | #295 (1895) | #370 |
| 1900s | 322 | #335 (1904) | #382 |
| 1910s | 1,908 | #304 (1914) | #344 |
| 1920s | 2,115 | #362 (1921) | #418 |
| 1930s | 1,045 | #534 (1930) | #573 |
| 1940s | 658 | #709 (1943) | #814 |
| 1950s | 399 | #934 (1950) | #1,223 |
| 1960s | 208 | #1,262 (1961) | #1,874 |
| 1970s | 100 | #2,473 (1978) | #3,287 |
| 1980s | 67 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,599 |
| 1990s | 21 | #6,415 (1990) | #6,535 |
| 2000s | 10 | #10,349 (2000) | #11,420 |
| 2010s | 32 | #8,140 (2017) | #10,515 |
| 2020s | 16 | #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 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
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1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 4,344 of them was named Ellsworth, which outranked 92.4% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.