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Ellie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6,176 in 2025. Its best rank was #21 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #21 in 2024; #24 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ellie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#24 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #21.
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Ellie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6,176 girls in 2025. Peak: #21 in 2024 · most girls in one year: 6,317 (2024).
In 2025, 6,176 US girls were named Ellie, making it the 24th most common girls’ name of the year, down 3 places from #21 in 2024. That is 141 fewer than the 6,317 girls named Ellie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #21, reached in 2024. That year also had the most girls given the name: 6,317. For comparison, it was #48 in 2015 and #1,396 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ellie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 17 babies with the name. In all, 106,857 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 1.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 43,299 babies named Ellie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 56,475 US girls were named Ellie; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 6,317. In 2025 that was about 1 in 260 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ellie ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #4 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 49 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Ella (352,214 babies since 1880), Allie (56,372 babies since 1880), Elle (19,247 babies since 1880) and Elly (4,595 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Elley, Eilee and Ellea are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Elly.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Elley (374), Eilee (310), Ellea (98), Elliah (87), Elliya (53), Ellye (22), Elliee (20), Illia (17), Eulee (16), Elleia (12), Ellya (5), Eillie (5), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 33 | #4 | #35 |
| Louisiana | 114 | #7 | #33 |
| South Dakota | 31 | #7 | #33 |
| Kentucky | 152 | #8 | #39 |
| Alabama | 141 | #10 | #67 |
| Alaska | 21 | #10 | #105 |
| Mississippi | 61 | #11 | #94 |
| Vermont | 15 | #12 | #67 |
| Arkansas | 72 | #12 | #35 |
| Tennessee | 189 | #13 | #33 |
| South Carolina | 106 | #13 | #69 |
| Idaho | 53 | #14 | #18 |
| West Virginia | 46 | #14 | #68 |
| Missouri | 148 | #15 | #30 |
| Kansas | 76 | #16 | #26 |
| Oklahoma | 90 | #16 | #32 |
| Iowa | 76 | #16 | #40 |
| Utah | 111 | #17 | #14 |
| New Mexico | 36 | #17 | #125 |
| Georgia | 212 | #17 | #76 |
| Oregon | 75 | #19 | #50 |
| Ohio | 241 | #20 | #37 |
| Wisconsin | 110 | #21 | #37 |
| Montana | 24 | #21 | #59 |
| Indiana | 143 | #22 | #29 |
| New Hampshire | 32 | #23 | #71 |
| Minnesota | 110 | #24 | #39 |
| Florida | 399 | #24 | #78 |
| North Carolina | 208 | #25 | #52 |
| Arizona | 138 | #26 | #39 |
| Rhode Island | 20 | #27 | #45 |
| Texas | 624 | #27 | #59 |
| Washington | 137 | #28 | #43 |
| California | 654 | #30 | #61 |
| Hawaii | 14 | #30 | #33 |
| Pennsylvania | 202 | #31 | #49 |
| Nevada | 45 | #32 | #47 |
| Michigan | 147 | #35 | #59 |
| Virginia | 144 | #36 | #88 |
| Delaware | 14 | #37 | #136 |
| Colorado | 97 | #37 | #55 |
| Nebraska | 35 | #37 | #45 |
| New Jersey | 149 | #41 | #78 |
| Maryland | 77 | #41 | #76 |
| Illinois | 157 | #47 | #54 |
| Connecticut | 53 | #48 | #112 |
| Maine | 16 | #52 | #50 |
| Massachusetts | 93 | #53 | #57 |
| New York | 219 | #59 | #99 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,176 | #24 | — | — |
| 2024 | 6,317 | #21 | 5 | #12,855 |
| 2023 | 5,972 | #27 | 5 | #12,777 |
| 2022 | 5,787 | #33 | 8 | #9,229 |
| 2021 | 5,867 | #30 | 5 | #12,689 |
| 2020 | 5,606 | #29 | 9 | #8,259 |
| 2019 | 5,433 | #35 | 6 | #11,171 |
| 2018 | 5,223 | #36 | 10 | #7,764 |
| 2017 | 5,020 | #44 | 7 | #10,005 |
| 2016 | 5,074 | #43 | 6 | #11,124 |
| 2015 | 4,873 | #48 | 6 | #11,084 |
| 2014 | 4,487 | #55 | 12 | #6,755 |
| 2013 | 3,766 | #74 | — | — |
| 2012 | 3,388 | #85 | 7 | #10,026 |
| 2011 | 3,064 | #97 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2,912 | #104 | 5 | #12,829 |
| 2009 | 2,234 | #145 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,996 | #167 | 5 | #13,117 |
| 2007 | 2,010 | #175 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,996 | #175 | 7 | #9,873 |
| 2005 | 1,890 | #184 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,817 | #189 | 8 | #8,361 |
| 2003 | 1,728 | #187 | 8 | #8,067 |
| 2002 | 1,619 | #200 | 8 | #7,873 |
| 2001 | 906 | #339 | — | — |
| 2000 | 829 | #360 | — | — |
| 1999 | 708 | #394 | — | — |
| 1998 | 603 | #437 | — | — |
| 1997 | 432 | #545 | — | — |
| 1996 | 374 | #611 | — | — |
| 1995 | 359 | #617 | — | — |
| 1994 | 252 | #802 | — | — |
| 1993 | 255 | #796 | — | — |
| 1992 | 234 | #853 | — | — |
| 1991 | 169 | #1,071 | — | — |
| 1990 | 173 | #1,039 | 5 | #8,522 |
| 1989 | 128 | #1,239 | — | — |
| 1988 | 91 | #1,497 | 5 | #7,629 |
| 1987 | 87 | #1,487 | — | — |
| 1986 | 58 | #1,917 | — | — |
| 1985 | 48 | #2,184 | — | — |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,869 | 5 | #6,617 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,571 | 5 | #6,552 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,625 | — | — |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,493 | — | — |
| 1980 | 75 | #1,554 | — | — |
| 1979 | 81 | #1,475 | — | — |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,788 | — | — |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,721 | — | — |
| 1976 | 69 | #1,504 | — | — |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,464 | 6 | #4,994 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,694 | — | — |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,654 | 6 | #4,678 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,812 | — | — |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,497 | — | — |
| 1970 | 44 | #1,935 | 6 | #4,395 |
| 1969 | 53 | #1,653 | — | — |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,784 | — | — |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,827 | 6 | #3,674 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,833 | 7 | #3,322 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,427 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 1964 | 63 | #1,424 | — | — |
| 1963 | 76 | #1,264 | 7 | #3,423 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,365 | 7 | #3,401 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,441 | 12 | #2,454 |
| 1960 | 74 | #1,283 | — | — |
| 1959 | 67 | #1,309 | — | — |
| 1958 | 59 | #1,385 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,464 | — | — |
| 1956 | 57 | #1,384 | 7 | #3,295 |
| 1955 | 62 | #1,279 | 7 | #3,286 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,415 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1953 | 59 | #1,266 | 11 | #2,432 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,407 | 9 | #2,734 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,441 | 10 | #2,544 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,396 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,518 | 8 | #2,858 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,391 | 13 | #2,141 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,443 | 10 | #2,544 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,294 | 19 | #1,655 |
| 1945 | 42 | #1,237 | 11 | #2,164 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,463 | 18 | #1,646 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,375 | 20 | #1,597 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,372 | 15 | #1,891 |
| 1941 | 45 | #1,105 | 11 | #2,243 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,191 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,183 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,165 | 16 | #1,766 |
| 1937 | 48 | #1,022 | 18 | #1,647 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,023 | 11 | #2,216 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,043 | 15 | #1,857 |
| 1934 | 47 | #1,012 | 17 | #1,737 |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,028 | 15 | #1,853 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,221 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,077 | 10 | #2,527 |
| 1930 | 55 | #998 | 26 | #1,440 |
| 1929 | 54 | #984 | 16 | #1,953 |
| 1928 | 56 | #997 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1927 | 66 | #918 | 27 | #1,444 |
| 1926 | 71 | #882 | 14 | #2,228 |
| 1925 | 91 | #775 | 22 | #1,646 |
| 1924 | 87 | #798 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1923 | 82 | #802 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1922 | 93 | #762 | 28 | #1,410 |
| 1921 | 84 | #799 | 18 | #1,928 |
| 1920 | 83 | #792 | 24 | #1,555 |
| 1919 | 89 | #747 | 27 | #1,391 |
| 1918 | 123 | #642 | 25 | #1,459 |
| 1917 | 84 | #757 | 21 | #1,608 |
| 1916 | 83 | #746 | 25 | #1,388 |
| 1915 | 90 | #701 | 28 | #1,245 |
| 1914 | 70 | #690 | 23 | #1,236 |
| 1913 | 81 | #568 | 13 | #1,519 |
| 1912 | 64 | #615 | 13 | #1,376 |
| 1911 | 47 | #629 | 7 | #1,430 |
| 1910 | 50 | #589 | 11 | #1,000 |
| 1909 | 38 | #639 | 14 | #769 |
| 1908 | 56 | #481 | 11 | #845 |
| 1907 | 56 | #477 | 9 | #946 |
| 1906 | 51 | #477 | 11 | #772 |
| 1905 | 54 | #460 | 7 | #1,026 |
| 1904 | 54 | #440 | — | — |
| 1903 | 48 | #463 | 6 | #1,045 |
| 1902 | 51 | #437 | 11 | #702 |
| 1901 | 60 | #380 | — | — |
| 1900 | 65 | #420 | 11 | #802 |
| 1899 | 48 | #422 | 5 | #1,095 |
| 1898 | 53 | #424 | 9 | #765 |
| 1897 | 44 | #444 | 6 | #980 |
| 1896 | 52 | #393 | 9 | #788 |
| 1895 | 37 | #482 | 7 | #909 |
| 1894 | 53 | #387 | — | — |
| 1893 | 47 | #391 | 8 | #788 |
| 1892 | 41 | #416 | 7 | #879 |
| 1891 | 38 | #401 | 12 | #530 |
| 1890 | 40 | #401 | — | — |
| 1889 | 34 | #417 | — | — |
| 1888 | 41 | #376 | 7 | #845 |
| 1887 | 39 | #346 | 5 | #977 |
| 1886 | 34 | #367 | 9 | #659 |
| 1885 | 25 | #418 | 6 | #866 |
| 1884 | 28 | #379 | 6 | #891 |
| 1883 | 24 | #377 | 7 | #747 |
| 1882 | 37 | #291 | — | — |
| 1881 | 27 | #303 | — | — |
| 1880 | 17 | #408 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).