Girls' name · peaked in 2019
Elle name popularity since 1925
19,247 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Elle. Half of them were born in 2013 or earlier, so the typical Elle is about 13 years old in 2026. Elle peaked in 2019 as the #355 name for girls, and it ranked #461 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,247
- Named Elle, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #461
- for girls in 2025 (668 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 19,247 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.65× its national share
Peak year is the year Elle made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Elle births per year, 1925–2025
2019 was the biggest year for Elle both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1999 and 2004, Elle became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 10,400 baby girls to 1 in 3,080.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Elle's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Elle.
Decade by decade
Babies named Elle in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 13 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 193 | #8,607 |
| 1990s | 1,251 | #1,287 |
| 2000s | 5,164 | #505 |
| 2010s | 8,105 | #397 |
| 2020–25 | 4,521 | #461 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
53.5% of babies named Elle from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Elle is most popular
The index compares Elle's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Elle.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.65× | 556 |
| Arizona | 1.93× | 448 |
| Colorado | 1.83× | 403 |
| Washington | 1.77× | 530 |
| Florida | 1.61× | 1,042 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Elle's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Elle.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Elle (2019).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data