Ellington
Ellington is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 440.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201585 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 2001
- 1,619people given the name
The story in the numbers
945 girls have been named Ellington in the United States since 2001, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 85 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 59%.
Ellington is used for both sexes: 42% of its bearers are boys (674), most of them born around 2016.
By decade
In 2015, its biggest year
Ellington was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2015 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava and Isabella. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Ellington
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kinsleepeak 2017
- Berkleepeak 2018
- Emmariepeak 2018
- Finleepeak 2018
- Milahpeak 2018
- Grettelpeak 2018
- Haniyapeak 2016
- Avalynnpeak 2020
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.