Ellan is a rare variant of Ellen that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Ellan is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1993. Ellan was first reported in SSA data in 1906 and peaked in 1957 (14 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 6 | — | #12,241 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #9,324 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #7,795 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #5,633 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #5,003 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #6,840 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #4,886 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #4,392 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #4,016 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | #3,193 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #5,376 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #4,798 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #3,778 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #3,621 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #4,499 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #3,497 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | #3,055 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #3,198 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | #3,107 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #3,756 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #3,466 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #3,804 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,915 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #3,522 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #3,994 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #3,539 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,576 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #3,003 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,386 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #3,237 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,457 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #4,041 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,518 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #4,186 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,782 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,460 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #3,454 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,633 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,539 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | #3,463 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,824 |
| 1920 | 12 | — | #2,773 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | #3,062 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,795 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #4,067 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #3,919 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,978 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,217 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #1,459 |