Ellen is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2022 for girl births in the United States, given to 230 babies. Ellen first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1951 (5,956 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 230 | #2,022 |
| 2024 | 246 | #1,948 |
| 2023 | 239 | #1,971 |
| 2022 | 255 | #1,901 |
| 2021 | 289 | #1,715 |
| 2020 | 336 | #1,525 |
| 2019 | 347 | #1,494 |
| 2018 | 356 | #1,446 |
| 2017 | 385 | #1,381 |
| 2016 | 450 | #1,242 |
| 2015 | 406 | #1,336 |
| 2014 | 435 | #1,274 |
| 2013 | 403 | #1,308 |
| 2012 | 374 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 401 | #1,300 |
| 2010 | 430 | #1,250 |
| 2009 | 416 | #1,300 |
| 2008 | 459 | #1,221 |
| 2007 | 514 | #1,089 |
| 2006 | 545 | #1,021 |
| 2005 | 517 | #1,032 |
| 2004 | 595 | #930 |
| 2003 | 668 | #833 |
| 2002 | 590 | #886 |
| 2001 | 609 | #866 |
| 2000 | 632 | #846 |
| 1999 | 675 | #791 |
| 1998 | 622 | #817 |
| 1997 | 812 | #669 |
| 1996 | 1,156 | #503 |
| 1995 | 1,311 | #444 |
| 1994 | 1,322 | #445 |
| 1993 | 1,311 | #448 |
| 1992 | 1,335 | #447 |
| 1991 | 1,430 | #432 |
| 1990 | 1,385 | #437 |
| 1989 | 1,325 | #417 |
| 1988 | 1,192 | #437 |
| 1987 | 1,084 | #460 |
| 1986 | 977 | #504 |
| 1985 | 854 | #552 |
| 1984 | 937 | #502 |
| 1983 | 958 | #486 |
| 1982 | 1,007 | #487 |
| 1981 | 958 | #497 |
| 1980 | 988 | #495 |
| 1979 | 948 | #493 |
| 1978 | 1,012 | #457 |
| 1977 | 1,018 | #462 |
| 1976 | 950 | #470 |
| 1975 | 1,021 | #457 |
| 1974 | 1,094 | #435 |
| 1973 | 1,073 | #445 |
| 1972 | 1,176 | #433 |
| 1971 | 1,392 | #401 |
| 1970 | 1,758 | #350 |
| 1969 | 1,895 | #324 |
| 1968 | 2,109 | #294 |
| 1967 | 2,530 | #257 |
| 1966 | 2,812 | #240 |
| 1965 | 3,261 | #224 |
| 1964 | 3,541 | #227 |
| 1963 | 3,960 | #213 |
| 1962 | 4,128 | #212 |
| 1961 | 4,855 | #184 |
| 1960 | 5,149 | #176 |
| 1959 | 5,407 | #169 |
| 1958 | 5,168 | #178 |
| 1957 | 5,599 | #163 |
| 1956 | 5,445 | #162 |
| 1955 | 5,480 | #155 |
| 1954 | 5,471 | #151 |
| 1953 | 5,551 | #145 |
| 1952 | 5,852 | #135 |
| 1951 | 5,956 | #126 |
| 1950 | 5,578 | #124 |
| 1949 | 5,512 | #125 |
| 1948 | 5,299 | #134 |
| 1947 | 5,876 | #125 |
| 1946 | 5,251 | #119 |
| 1945 | 4,198 | #117 |
| 1944 | 4,014 | #123 |
| 1943 | 4,167 | #129 |
| 1942 | 4,217 | #124 |
| 1941 | 3,686 | #131 |
| 1940 | 3,330 | #140 |
| 1939 | 3,019 | #151 |
| 1938 | 2,817 | #168 |
| 1937 | 2,517 | #185 |
| 1936 | 2,412 | #183 |
| 1935 | 2,445 | #180 |
| 1934 | 2,467 | #173 |
| 1933 | 2,212 | #191 |
| 1932 | 2,381 | #189 |
| 1931 | 2,463 | #178 |
| 1930 | 2,534 | #182 |
| 1929 | 2,584 | #176 |
| 1928 | 2,690 | #176 |
| 1927 | 2,877 | #168 |
| 1926 | 2,778 | #171 |
| 1925 | 2,808 | #172 |
| 1924 | 2,956 | #168 |
| 1923 | 2,680 | #176 |
| 1922 | 2,962 | #163 |
| 1921 | 3,073 | #163 |
| 1920 | 3,083 | #160 |
| 1919 | 2,935 | #158 |
| 1918 | 3,036 | #156 |
| 1917 | 2,870 | #150 |
| 1916 | 2,838 | #146 |
| 1915 | 2,587 | #150 |
| 1914 | 2,039 | #145 |
| 1913 | 1,579 | #151 |
| 1912 | 1,458 | #143 |
| 1911 | 1,171 | #120 |
| 1910 | 1,038 | #123 |
| 1909 | 960 | #119 |
| 1908 | 848 | #125 |
| 1907 | 855 | #123 |
| 1906 | 898 | #108 |
| 1905 | 845 | #111 |
| 1904 | 774 | #116 |
| 1903 | 773 | #115 |
| 1902 | 758 | #113 |
| 1901 | 711 | #108 |
| 1900 | 922 | #112 |
| 1899 | 708 | #110 |
| 1898 | 786 | #112 |
| 1897 | 738 | #104 |
| 1896 | 817 | #99 |
| 1895 | 751 | #104 |
| 1894 | 765 | #99 |
| 1893 | 798 | #92 |
| 1892 | 760 | #98 |
| 1891 | 675 | #94 |
| 1890 | 659 | #98 |
| 1889 | 653 | #97 |
| 1888 | 691 | #96 |
| 1887 | 579 | #94 |
| 1886 | 551 | #103 |
| 1885 | 562 | #95 |
| 1884 | 602 | #90 |
| 1883 | 500 | #94 |
| 1882 | 452 | #102 |
| 1881 | 413 | #102 |
| 1880 | 411 | #99 |