Ell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ell

The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Ell between 1882 and 1948, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Ell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1916.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 144 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.