Ellyn — #15316 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ellyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,829 babies named Ellyn between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ellyn currently holds the #15316 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 102 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 744 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Ellyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 403 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ellyn in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ellyn 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 3,829 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.