The story in the numbers

99,466 girls have been named Ellie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 6,306 births — 0.39% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 43%. It has spent 84 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 14 of them in the top 100.

It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 1,180 boys have also been given it, 1.2% of the total.

Rank among girls, year by year

By decade

Decade

girls named Ellie

306

453

533

781

767

441

395

543

576

567

767

3,559

17,025

43,230

29,523

In 2024, its biggest year

Ellie was the 21st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Ellie

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

Other spellings in the data

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.