Ellsworth
Ellsworth was last recorded in 2024, when 5 babies were given it; 7,337 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,060 Americans named Ellsworth and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (15% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 59 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ellsworth by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ellsworth?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,852, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
300 babies in 1918, the peak
Ellsworth peaked in 1918, when 300 boys were given it, #330 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,852 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,156 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 6 | #11,173 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,341 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 6 | #11,121 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 6 | #11,131 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,823 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 5 | #13,035 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,898 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,899 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7 | #6,731 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,629 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 5 | #7,292 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 5 | #7,041 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,870 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,133 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,347 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,088 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,476 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,540 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,505 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,931 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,467 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 12 | #3,002 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,279 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,872 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,721 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,948 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,344 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,706 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,989 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,521 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,684 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,241 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,918 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,911 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,265 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,367 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,731 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,537 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,224 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,365 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,188 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,249 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 54 | #980 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 46 | #1,070 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,027 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 54 | #937 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,149 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 61 | #872 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 67 | #846 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 70 | #794 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 59 | #811 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 71 | #739 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 82 | #710 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 67 | #786 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 75 | #714 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 68 | #744 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 89 | #618 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 89 | #635 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 95 | #594 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 106 | #558 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 103 | #572 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 97 | #599 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 110 | #546 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 114 | #552 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 118 | #536 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 124 | #535 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 167 | #457 | 0.16 |
| 1928 | 160 | #483 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 183 | #451 | 0.16 |
| 1926 | 197 | #433 | 0.18 |
| 1925 | 218 | #407 | 0.20 |
| 1924 | 215 | #417 | 0.19 |
| 1923 | 236 | #387 | 0.22 |
| 1922 | 218 | #409 | 0.20 |
| 1921 | 276 | #362 | 0.25 |
| 1920 | 245 | #381 | 0.23 |
| 1919 | 231 | #384 | 0.24 |
| 1918 | 300 | #330 | 0.30 |
| 1917 | 270 | #331 | 0.29 |
| 1916 | 252 | #337 | 0.28 |
| 1915 | 259 | #328 | 0.31 |
| 1914 | 219 | #305 | 0.33 |
| 1913 | 137 | #353 | 0.27 |
| 1912 | 138 | #313 | 0.32 |
| 1911 | 58 | #365 | 0.26 |
| 1910 | 44 | #398 | 0.23 |
| 1909 | 43 | #360 | 0.26 |
| 1908 | 44 | #341 | 0.29 |
| 1907 | 37 | #366 | 0.25 |
| 1906 | 37 | #342 | 0.28 |
| 1905 | 31 | #372 | 0.23 |
| 1904 | 36 | #337 | 0.28 |
| 1903 | 19 | #489 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 26 | #392 | 0.21 |
| 1901 | 22 | #399 | 0.21 |
| 1900 | 27 | #436 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 30 | #326 | 0.28 |
| 1898 | 21 | #439 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 28 | #356 | 0.25 |
| 1896 | 31 | #342 | 0.26 |
| 1895 | 37 | #296 | 0.32 |
| 1894 | 32 | #309 | 0.28 |
| 1893 | 16 | #466 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 28 | #361 | 0.23 |
| 1891 | 15 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 22 | #377 | 0.20 |
| 1889 | 17 | #448 | 0.15 |
| 1888 | 25 | #371 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 16 | #426 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 12 | #553 | 0.11 |
| 1885 | 16 | #466 | 0.15 |
| 1884 | 12 | #552 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 30 | #300 | 0.29 |
| 1882 | 22 | #378 | 0.19 |
| 1881 | 15 | #446 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 11 | #581 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ellsworth a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ellsworth has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 118 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Ellsworth: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ellsworth, and how old are they?
1,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 15% of the 7,337 Americans ever recorded as Ellsworth. The median Ellsworth alive today is 73 years old; half are between 59 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 1,364 people named Ellsworth (22 women and girls, 1,342 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,446 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 284 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 473 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 172 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 72 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 15 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 43 |
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 Ellsworth born?
The states with the most babies named Ellsworth are Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 680 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New York | 482 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 387 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Minnesota | 352 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Maryland | 335 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Wisconsin | 300 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Illinois | 230 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 209 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 199 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 192 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Ellsworth is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ellsworth is most over-represented in Maryland: since 1910 it was given 3.5 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 boys’ 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 Ellsworth 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 8,166 babies since 1880, Ellsworth is the most given (90% of them).
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 Ellsworth
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 Ellsworth and names like it
- Compare Ellsworth and ElsworthBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sEllsworth peaked in 1918.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ellsworth since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Ellsworth.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ellsworth alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.