Girls' name · since 1946
Ellyne
Ellyne has 18 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1956 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,923 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1946
- 1940s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Ellyne since 1946, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ellyne has 18 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1956.
- #46,923 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1946
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellyne ranks #46,923 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1946, peaking in the 1940s.
- #46,923 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1946
- 1940s
- peak decade
Ellyne's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ellyne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ellyne's SSA record in two at 1948 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1948, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1956 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ellyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1956
- Peak year (1956)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Ellyne by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (11 births, 61% of the file).
1940s was Ellyne's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Ellyne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 11 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Ellyne's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1950s (7) -- 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 Ellyne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1946–1956 (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 Ellyne 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.