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Ellington: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 59 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,218 in 2015.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2,218 in 2015; #2,868 in 2025. About 70% of babies named Ellington in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,868 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2015, at #2,218.
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Ellington: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 59 girls in 2025. Peak: #2,218 in 2015 · most girls in one year: 85 (2015).
In 2025, 59 US girls were named Ellington, making it the 2,868th most common girls’ name of the year, up 664 places from #3,532 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 44 girls named Ellington in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,218, reached in 2015. That year also had the most girls given the name: 85. For comparison, it was #2,218 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 25 US boys were named Ellington, making it the 4,167th most common boys’ name of the year, up 951 places from #5,118 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 19 boys named Ellington in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2,669, reached in 2016. That year also had the most boys given the name: 46. For comparison, it was #3,914 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ellington in 46 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1921 with 5 babies. In all, 1,704 US babies have been given the name, 59% of them girls and 41% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 839 babies named Ellington.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 654 US girls were named Ellington; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 83. In 2025 that was about 1 in 27,242 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ellington ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #718 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 6 | #718 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,183 | — |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,521 | #921 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,602 | #1,584 |
| Texas | 10 | #2,087 | #2,670 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,868 | 25 | #4,167 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,532 | 19 | #5,118 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,678 | 33 | #3,492 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,609 | 37 | #3,234 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,651 | 37 | #3,202 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,758 | 30 | #3,598 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,310 | 29 | #3,742 |
| 2018 | 83 | #2,227 | 33 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,977 | 45 | #2,724 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,392 | 46 | #2,669 |
| 2015 | 85 | #2,218 | 27 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,150 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,947 | 20 | #4,673 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,529 | 19 | #4,908 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,255 | 17 | #5,270 |
| 2010 | 28 | #5,013 | 20 | #4,729 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,171 | 14 | #6,192 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,882 | 13 | #6,511 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,343 | 14 | #6,007 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,728 | 11 | #7,065 |
| 2005 | 6 | #15,060 | 13 | #5,971 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,142 | 8 | #8,362 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,519 | 9 | #7,428 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,479 | 9 | #7,208 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,084 | 12 | #5,782 |
| 2000 | — | — | 7 | #8,469 |
| 1999 | — | — | 12 | #5,413 |
| 1998 | — | — | 8 | #7,045 |
| 1997 | — | — | 6 | #8,471 |
| 1996 | — | — | 5 | #9,443 |
| 1995 | — | — | 5 | #9,279 |
| 1994 | — | — | 8 | #6,541 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,046 |
| 1992 | — | — | 5 | #8,830 |
| 1990 | — | — | 8 | #6,007 |
| 1989 | — | — | 5 | #8,279 |
| 1986 | — | — | 8 | #5,003 |
| 1977 | — | — | 6 | #5,344 |
| 1970 | — | — | 7 | #3,969 |
| 1967 | — | — | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1963 | — | — | 5 | #4,224 |
| 1942 | — | — | 5 | #3,719 |
| 1940 | — | — | 5 | #3,598 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,634 |
| 1927 | — | — | 5 | #4,375 |
| 1921 | — | — | 5 | #4,540 |
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).