Ellyn
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 90 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,836since 1898
Ellyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ellyn has never cracked the top 900 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 |
| 2014 | #4,103 | 36 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 |
| 2003 | #3,731 | 37 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 |
| 1996 | #2,630 | 47 |
| 1995 | #2,394 | 54 |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 |
| 1993 | #1,898 | 74 |
| 1992 | #1,622 | 94 |
| 1991 | #1,517 | 102 |
| 1990 | #1,813 | 79 |
| 1989 | #1,787 | 75 |
| 1988 | #1,839 | 67 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 |
| 1969 | #2,171 | 34 |
| 1968 | #1,999 | 36 |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 |
| 1966 | #1,586 | 50 |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 |
| 1964 | #1,532 | 55 |
| 1963 | #1,715 | 45 |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 |
| 1960 | #1,199 | 82 |
| 1959 | #1,299 | 68 |
| 1958 | #1,274 | 69 |
| 1957 | #1,289 | 67 |
| 1956 | #1,210 | 74 |
| 1955 | #1,167 | 73 |
| 1954 | #1,140 | 75 |
| 1953 | #1,112 | 76 |
| 1952 | #994 | 90 |
| 1951 | #1,068 | 75 |
| 1950 | #1,041 | 77 |
| 1949 | #1,032 | 75 |
| 1948 | #1,105 | 65 |
| 1947 | #1,021 | 75 |
| 1946 | #1,087 | 61 |
| 1945 | #1,213 | 43 |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 |
| 1943 | #1,181 | 47 |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,291 | 33 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1898
The first year at least five girls were named Ellyn! It came in at #1,502, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 3,361 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #11,932)
- 1,682 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #11,932)
- 6,805 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 74 spots in 1952 (#1,068 → #994)
- Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1953 (#994 → #1,112)
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1952 at #994 (90 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1952
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,382
- Highest: 1 in 18,382 girls born in 1991 were named Ellyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #994 in 1952, was only 1 in 20,604 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 19.4% of all girls named Ellyn (744) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,502 (1898) | #1,502 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,440 (1903) | #1,771 |
| 1910s | 88 | #1,956 (1911) | #2,276 |
| 1920s | 121 | #1,825 (1929) | #2,638 |
| 1930s | 181 | #1,291 (1939) | #1,944 |
| 1940s | 505 | #1,021 (1947) | #1,209 |
| 1950s | 744 | #994 (1952) | #1,159 |
| 1960s | 490 | #1,199 (1960) | #1,702 |
| 1970s | 248 | #2,572 (1978) | #2,976 |
| 1980s | 339 | #1,787 (1989) | #3,135 |
| 1990s | 581 | #1,517 (1991) | #2,790 |
| 2000s | 236 | #3,731 (2003) | #5,723 |
| 2010s | 229 | #4,103 (2014) | #5,837 |
| 2020s | 56 | #7,640 (2023) | #10,629 |
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.
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