Boys' name · since 2000
Ellian
Ellian has 117 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,364 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,500 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
117 babies have been named Ellian since 2000, making it today's #4500 boys' name.
Ellian has 117 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4500 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #16,364 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,500 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 117 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellian ranks #16,364 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,500 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 117 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,364 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,500 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ellian's 117 recorded births place it above 63.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ellian compares
117 28th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ellian's all-time total is 68% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ellian | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 117 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ellian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ellian's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ellian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Ellian by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (58 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Ellian's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Ellian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 58 births (50% of all-time use).
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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, 2000–2025 (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 Ellian 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.