Girls' name · since 1906
Ellan
378 babies named Ellan in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,982 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 378
- born since 1906
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ellan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 378 recorded since 1906.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellan has been recorded 378 times among girls since 1906, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1906 to 1993.
- #13,982 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 378 born since 1906
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellan ranks #13,982 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 378 born since 1906, peaking in the 1950s.
- #13,982 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 378
- born since 1906
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ellan's 378 recorded births place it above 80.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ellan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ellan splits its recorded history at 1940: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ellan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–1993
- Peak year (1957)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Ellan by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (83 births, 22% of the file).
1950s was Ellan's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Ellan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 8
1900s
8 births
- 1910s
1910s
40 births
- 1920s
1920s
65 births
- 1930s
1930s
58 births
- 1940s
1940s
79 births
- 1950s
1950s
83 births
- 1960s 33
1960s
33 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 83 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ellan's data
- Ellan's decade-level peak was the 1950s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ellan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~87 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1906–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ellan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.