Elle
Elle is ranked 479th among girls in 2024 (642 births). Its best rank was 355th, in 2019.
- Rank in 2024
- #479down 38 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6420.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 2019890 births
- Best rank
- #355in 2019
- Since 1977
- 18,574people given the name
The story in the numbers
18,574 girls have been named Elle in the United States since 1977, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 890 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2019, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 44%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Elle was the 355th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2019 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Elle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carmynpeak 2020
- Nahomypeak 2024
- Averipeak 2015
- Miapeak 2015
- Alyanapeak 2017
- Raynepeak 2019
- Raeleepeak 2015
- Madilynpeak 2008
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.