Girls' name · peaked in 2024
Ellie name popularity since 1925
103,857 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ellie (99.3% girls, 0.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2016 or earlier, so the typical Ellie is about 10 years old in 2026. Ellie peaked in 2024 as the #21 name for girls, and it ranked #24 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 103,857
- Named Ellie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #24
- for girls in 2025 (6,176 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% girls
- 103,175 girls · 682 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.42× its national share
Peak year is the year Ellie 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.
Ellie births per year, 1925–2025
2024 was the biggest year for Ellie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1997 and 2002, Ellie became 3.6× more common, from 1 in 4,030 baby girls to 1 in 1,110.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Ellie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ellie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ellie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 338 | 92 | – |
| 1930s | 441 | 159 | #1,043 |
| 1940s | 395 | 139 | #1,237 |
| 1950s | 542 | 80 | #1,279 |
| 1960s | 576 | 47 | #1,427 |
| 1970s | 567 | 18 | #1,464 |
| 1980s | 767 | 15 | #2,184 |
| 1990s | 3,559 | 5 | #617 |
| 2000s | 17,025 | 36 | #184 |
| 2010s | 43,240 | 59 | #48 |
| 2020–25 | 35,725 | 32 | #24 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
67.1% of babies named Ellie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Ellie is most popular
The index compares Ellie'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 Ellie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.42× | 2,945 |
| Idaho | 2.54× | 1,022 |
| Nevada | 2.20× | 793 |
| North Dakota | 1.82× | 580 |
| Washington | 1.71× | 2,897 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Ellie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Ellie (this page) | 103,175 | 2024 |
| Elly | 4,564 | 2010 |
| Elli | 2,763 | 2014 |
| Ellee | 1,449 | 2013 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ellie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ellie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ellie (2024).
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