Ellsworth — boys' name
7,332 babies named Ellsworth in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Ellsworth was born in this single decade.
300 babies were named Ellsworth in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ellsworth
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,332 babies named Ellsworth between 1880 and 2020, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ellsworth currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 300 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellsworth performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ellsworth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 680 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Ellsworth in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ellsworth in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,332 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ellsworth at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ellsworth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 300
- Annual births at peak — across 141 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
7,332 total births across 141 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 300 births in a single year.
Ellsworth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 2,115 births that decade — 29% of Ellsworth's all-time total
Ellsworth decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,115 births
- Runner-up 1,908 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ellsworth's strongest decade
2,115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Ellsworth by state
Where Ellsworth concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 680 | 9.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 482 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 387 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 352 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 335 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 300 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 230 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 209 | 2.9% |
680 of 7,332 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 9.3% of nationwide
- New York 6.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.3% of nationwide
- Minnesota 4.8% of nationwide
- Maryland 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 33 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 9.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ellsworth appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.