Girls' name · since 1914
Ellon
213 babies named Ellon in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
213 girls have been named Ellon since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ellon has 213 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1954.
- #19,155 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 213 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellon ranks #19,155 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 213 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #19,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ellon's 213 recorded births place it above 73.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ellon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ellon's SSA record in two at 1933 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1925, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1921 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ellon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1954
- Peak year (1921)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Ellon by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (59 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Ellon's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Ellon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
34 births
- 1920s
1920s
59 births
- 1930s
1930s
59 births
- 1940s
1940s
56 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 59 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ellon's data
- Ellon's decade-level peak was the 1920s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- 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 Ellon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1914–1954 (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 Ellon 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.