Girls' name · since 1916
Ellice
Ellice has 402 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,466 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 402
- born since 1916
- 1980s
- peak decade
402 girls have been named Ellice since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ellice has 402 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2019.
- #13,466 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 402 born since 1916
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellice ranks #13,466 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 402 born since 1916, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,466 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 402
- born since 1916
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ellice's 402 recorded births place it above 81.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Ellice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ellice splits its recorded history at 1982: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1946 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ellice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2019
- Peak year (1988)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Ellice by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (85 births, 21% of the file).
1980s was Ellice's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Ellice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1950s
1950s
69 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
- 1980s
1980s
85 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 85 births (21% of all-time use).
Ellice by state
Where Ellice concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 2.5% |
10 of 402 births nationwide.
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What to do with Ellice's data
- Ellice's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2010s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Ellices (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ellice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1916–2019 (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 Ellice 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.