Ellamae

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Ellamae is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 75 births. Its best rank was 874th, in 1922.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 750.00% of girls
Peak year: 202180 births
Best rank: #874in 1922
Since 1898: 2,292people given the name

Babies named Ellamae, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

2,292 girls have been named Ellamae in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 80 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Ellamae
1890s	12
1900s	85
1910s	305
1920s	475
1930s	238
1940s	165
1950s	58
1960s	30
1970s	5
1990s	5
2000s	114
2010s	433
2020s	367

In 2021, its biggest year

Ellamae was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Ellamae

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.