Ellie
Ellie was given to 6,176 girls in 2025, #24 among girls’ names; 106,857 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 102,000 Americans named Ellie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 5 and 16.
Ellie came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1930 and returned in 1992.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ellie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ellie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ellie is “a diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Elizabeth, and Elena.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given names Elliot and Elliott.”
Diminutives: Clippings + -ie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ellie?
#24 among girls’ names, 2025
Ellie rose from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 2.7 to 3.8 per 1,000.
6,322 babies in 2024, the peak
Ellie peaked in 2024, when 6,322 babies were given it (6,317 girls, #21 among girls’ names). The 6,176 births of 2025 are 98% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,176 | #24 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 6,317 | #21 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 5,972 | #27 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 5,787 | #33 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 5,867 | #30 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | 5,606 | #29 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 5,433 | #35 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 5,223 | #36 | 3.1 |
| 2017 | 5,020 | #44 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | 5,074 | #43 | 2.9 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4,873 | #48 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 4,487 | #55 | 2.5 |
| 2013 | 3,766 | #74 | 2.1 |
| 2012 | 3,388 | #85 | 1.9 |
| 2011 | 3,064 | #97 | 1.7 |
| 2010 | 2,912 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 2009 | 2,234 | #145 | 1.2 |
| 2008 | 1,996 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 2,010 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 1,996 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 1,890 | #184 | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 1,817 | #189 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 1,728 | #187 | 0.95 |
| 2002 | 1,619 | #200 | 0.90 |
| 2001 | 906 | #339 | 0.50 |
| 2000 | 829 | #360 | 0.46 |
| 1999 | 708 | #394 | 0.40 |
| 1998 | 603 | #437 | 0.34 |
| 1997 | 432 | #545 | 0.25 |
| 1996 | 374 | #611 | 0.21 |
| 1995 | 359 | #617 | 0.20 |
| 1994 | 252 | #801 | 0.14 |
| 1993 | 255 | #795 | 0.14 |
| 1992 | 234 | #851 | 0.13 |
| 1991 | 169 | #1,068 | 0.09 |
| 1990 | 173 | #1,037 | 0.09 |
| 1989 | 128 | #1,236 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 91 | #1,496 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 87 | #1,486 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 58 | #1,916 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 48 | #2,183 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,869 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,571 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,625 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,493 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 75 | #1,554 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 81 | #1,475 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,788 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,721 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 69 | #1,504 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,464 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,694 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,654 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,812 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,497 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 44 | #1,935 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 53 | #1,653 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,784 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,827 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,833 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,427 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 63 | #1,424 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 76 | #1,264 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,365 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,440 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 74 | #1,282 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 67 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 59 | #1,384 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,463 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 57 | #1,383 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 62 | #1,278 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,414 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 59 | #1,265 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,440 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,395 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,517 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,390 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,442 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 42 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,374 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,372 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 45 | #1,105 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,183 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 48 | #1,022 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,023 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 47 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,028 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,221 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,077 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 55 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 54 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 56 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 66 | #918 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 71 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 91 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 87 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 82 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 93 | #762 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 84 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 83 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 89 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 123 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 84 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 83 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 90 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 70 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 81 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1912 | 64 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 47 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 50 | #589 | 0.13 |
| 1909 | 38 | #639 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 56 | #481 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 56 | #477 | 0.18 |
| 1906 | 51 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 54 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 54 | #440 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 48 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 51 | #437 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 60 | #380 | 0.25 |
| 1900 | 65 | #420 | 0.22 |
| 1899 | 48 | #422 | 0.21 |
| 1898 | 53 | #424 | 0.20 |
| 1897 | 44 | #444 | 0.19 |
| 1896 | 52 | #393 | 0.22 |
| 1895 | 37 | #482 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 53 | #387 | 0.24 |
| 1893 | 47 | #391 | 0.22 |
| 1892 | 41 | #416 | 0.19 |
| 1891 | 38 | #401 | 0.20 |
| 1890 | 40 | #401 | 0.21 |
| 1889 | 34 | #417 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 41 | #376 | 0.23 |
| 1887 | 39 | #346 | 0.27 |
| 1886 | 34 | #367 | 0.24 |
| 1885 | 25 | #418 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 28 | #379 | 0.22 |
| 1883 | 24 | #377 | 0.21 |
| 1882 | 37 | #291 | 0.34 |
| 1881 | 27 | #303 | 0.29 |
| 1880 | 17 | #408 | 0.19 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ellie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 106,857 Americans recorded as Ellie, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 6,176 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ellie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ellie, and how old are they?
102,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 106,857 Americans ever recorded as Ellie. The median Ellie alive today is 9 years old; half are between 5 and 16.
The 2020 Census counted 70,661 people named Ellie (70,164 women and girls, 497 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 67,955 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 267 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 923 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 852 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,470 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 27,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 69,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ellie born?
The states with the most babies named Ellie are California, Texas and Florida, with 27% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 654 | #30 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 624 | #27 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 399 | #24 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 241 | #20 | 1.1× |
| New York | 219 | #59 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 212 | #17 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 208 | #25 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 202 | #31 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 189 | #13 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 157 | #47 | 0.8× |
Where Ellie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ellie is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ellie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 499,092 babies since 1880, Ellie is the second most given (21% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6,176 of their 13,285 babies (46%), the most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ellie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ellie and names like it
- Compare Ellie and EllaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEllie peaked in 2024.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ellie since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Ellie.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ellie alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.