Girls' name · since 1933
Ellender
Since 1933, U.S. Social Security records show 30 babies named Ellender, peaking in 1933. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1933
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ellender is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 30 have been recorded since 1933.
Ellender has 30 recorded births among girls since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1956.
- #40,868 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1933
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellender ranks #40,868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1933, peaking in the 1950s.
- #40,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1933
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ellender's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ellender's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ellender splits its recorded history at 1945: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1942 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1933 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ellender popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1956
- Peak year (1933)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Ellender by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (12 births, 40% of the file).
1950s was Ellender's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Ellender births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
8 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 12 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ellender: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1933)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1933–1956 (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 Ellender 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.