Girls' name · since 2003
Ellsie
Ellsie has 270 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,848 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,367 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 270
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
270 babies have been named Ellsie since 2003, making it today's #7367 girls' name.
Ellsie has 270 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7367 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #16,848 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,367 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 270 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellsie ranks #16,848 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,367 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 270 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,848 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,367 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 270
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ellsie's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ellsie compares
270 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Ellsie's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ellsie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 270 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ellsie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ellsie's full recorded timeline at 2015, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ellsie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Ellsie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (143 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Ellsie's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Ellsie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 41
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
143 births
- 2020s
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 143 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Ellsie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (143 total births) through the 2020s (86) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ellsie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Ellsie 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.