Ellen Girl
How popular is Ellen?
#1,062 girl name in 2025
230 baby girls were named Ellen in the US in 2025, making it the 1062nd most popular girl name.
Ellen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,062 for girls (▼ 37 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 230 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #701 in 2015, #808 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1951 (5,945 girls) |
| Highest rank | #58 in 1946 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ellen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elaine family of names ranked #245 for girls in 2025 (#258 the year before), with 1,372 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elaine | 1,007 | 73% |
| Ellen | 230 | 17% |
| Elin | 53 | 4% |
| Elayne | 40 | 3% |
| Eline | 14 | 1% |
| Ellyn | 7 | 1% |
| Elen | 8 | 1% |
| Elene | 13 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ellen is most popular
Babies named Ellen per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kentucky: 0.4 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Indiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.3 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Utah: 0.3 per 1,000 (23 girls)
Ellen by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,402 | #59 |
| 1890s | 7,435 | #69 |
| 1900s | 8,339 | #80 |
| 1910s | 21,500 | #84 |
| 1920s | 28,391 | #92 |
| 1930s | 25,139 | #80 |
| 1940s | 45,404 | #58 |
| 1950s | 55,392 | #66 |
| 1960s | 34,146 | #94 |
| 1970s | 11,422 | #188 |
| 1980s | 10,241 | #202 |
| 1990s | 11,346 | #209 |
| 2000s | 5,545 | #449 |
| 2010s | 3,987 | #651 |
| 2020s | 1,595 | #808 |
Girl names about as popular as Ellen
Questions
- Is Ellen a boy or girl name?
- Ellen is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ellen were girls.
- How popular is the name Ellen?
- 230 baby girls were named Ellen in the US in 2025, making it the 1062nd most popular girl name.
- When was Ellen most popular?
- Ellen peaked in 1951, when 5,945 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #58 in 1946.
- How many people are named Ellen?
- 276,029 babies have been named Ellen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 154,746 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 67.
- Where is Ellen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ellen was most common in Kentucky, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.