Ellen is a very popular girls' name that peaked in 1951 and has since faded.
Ellen is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,062 for girl births in the United States (and #2,023 across all names), given to 230 babies. Ellen was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1951 (5,945 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 230 | 230 | #1,062 | — |
| 2024 | 246 | 246 | #1,026 | — |
| 2023 | 239 | 239 | #1,052 | — |
| 2022 | 255 | 255 | #1,018 | — |
| 2021 | 289 | 289 | #921 | — |
| 2020 | 336 | 336 | #809 | — |
| 2019 | 347 | 347 | #797 | — |
| 2018 | 356 | 356 | #765 | — |
| 2017 | 385 | 385 | #735 | — |
| 2016 | 450 | 450 | #653 | — |
| 2015 | 406 | 406 | #701 | — |
| 2014 | 435 | 435 | #657 | — |
| 2013 | 403 | 403 | #700 | — |
| 2012 | 374 | 374 | #743 | — |
| 2011 | 401 | 401 | #696 | — |
| 2010 | 430 | 430 | #674 | — |
| 2009 | 416 | 416 | #699 | — |
| 2008 | 459 | 459 | #669 | — |
| 2007 | 514 | 514 | #583 | — |
| 2006 | 545 | 545 | #544 | — |
| 2005 | 517 | 517 | #555 | — |
| 2004 | 595 | 595 | #495 | — |
| 2003 | 668 | 668 | #449 | — |
| 2002 | 590 | 590 | #476 | — |
| 2001 | 609 | 609 | #455 | — |
| 2000 | 632 | 632 | #449 | — |
| 1999 | 675 | 675 | #413 | — |
| 1998 | 622 | 622 | #426 | — |
| 1997 | 812 | — | #345 | — |
| 1996 | 1,156 | — | #244 | — |
| 1995 | 1,311 | — | #214 | — |
| 1994 | 1,322 | — | #217 | — |
| 1993 | 1,311 | — | #216 | #7,935 |
| 1992 | 1,335 | — | #217 | — |
| 1991 | 1,430 | — | #209 | — |
| 1990 | 1,385 | — | #210 | #6,635 |
| 1989 | 1,325 | — | #202 | #5,302 |
| 1988 | 1,192 | — | #219 | #7,627 |
| 1987 | 1,084 | — | #240 | #7,298 |
| 1986 | 977 | — | #265 | #5,002 |
| 1985 | 854 | — | #290 | — |
| 1984 | 937 | — | #263 | #5,136 |
| 1983 | 958 | — | #246 | #6,551 |
| 1982 | 1,007 | — | #250 | — |
| 1981 | 958 | — | #257 | — |
| 1980 | 988 | — | #260 | — |
| 1979 | 948 | — | #256 | #6,341 |
| 1978 | 1,012 | — | #241 | — |
| 1977 | 1,018 | — | #244 | — |
| 1976 | 950 | — | #251 | #3,807 |
| 1975 | 1,021 | — | #238 | — |
| 1974 | 1,094 | — | #234 | #4,807 |
| 1973 | 1,073 | — | #241 | — |
| 1972 | 1,176 | — | #235 | — |
| 1971 | 1,392 | — | #218 | — |
| 1970 | 1,758 | — | #188 | — |
| 1969 | 1,895 | — | #169 | — |
| 1968 | 2,109 | — | #156 | #3,457 |
| 1967 | 2,530 | — | #138 | #3,673 |
| 1966 | 2,812 | — | #130 | #3,643 |
| 1965 | 3,261 | — | #117 | #2,668 |
| 1964 | 3,541 | — | #119 | #2,916 |
| 1963 | 3,960 | — | #112 | #1,986 |
| 1962 | 4,128 | — | #109 | #2,136 |
| 1961 | 4,855 | — | #97 | #2,589 |
| 1960 | 5,149 | — | #94 | #2,352 |
| 1959 | 5,407 | — | #91 | #2,574 |
| 1958 | 5,168 | — | #93 | #2,404 |
| 1957 | 5,599 | — | #85 | #2,699 |
| 1956 | 5,445 | — | #84 | #2,306 |
| 1955 | 5,480 | — | #81 | #2,829 |
| 1954 | 5,471 | — | #77 | #2,144 |
| 1953 | 5,551 | — | #76 | #2,124 |
| 1952 | 5,852 | — | #70 | #2,572 |
| 1951 | 5,956 | — | #68 | #2,416 |
| 1950 | 5,578 | — | #66 | #2,355 |
| 1949 | 5,512 | — | #64 | #2,857 |
| 1948 | 5,299 | — | #67 | #2,496 |
| 1947 | 5,876 | — | #61 | #1,708 |
| 1946 | 5,251 | — | #58 | #1,974 |
| 1945 | 4,198 | — | #61 | #2,448 |
| 1944 | 4,014 | — | #63 | #1,762 |
| 1943 | 4,167 | — | #67 | #1,938 |
| 1942 | 4,217 | — | #64 | #1,599 |
| 1941 | 3,686 | — | #67 | #1,462 |
| 1940 | 3,330 | — | #74 | #2,111 |
| 1939 | 3,019 | — | #80 | #1,903 |
| 1938 | 2,817 | — | #89 | #2,110 |
| 1937 | 2,517 | — | #102 | #1,646 |
| 1936 | 2,412 | — | #99 | #1,905 |
| 1935 | 2,445 | — | #95 | #2,289 |
| 1934 | 2,467 | — | #95 | #2,165 |
| 1933 | 2,212 | — | #104 | #2,261 |
| 1932 | 2,381 | — | #104 | #2,365 |
| 1931 | 2,463 | — | #99 | #2,135 |
| 1930 | 2,534 | — | #100 | #2,338 |
| 1929 | 2,584 | — | #97 | #1,877 |
| 1928 | 2,690 | — | #98 | #3,166 |
| 1927 | 2,877 | — | #93 | #2,762 |
| 1926 | 2,778 | — | #100 | #2,780 |
| 1925 | 2,808 | — | #101 | #2,228 |
| 1924 | 2,956 | — | #99 | #3,612 |
| 1923 | 2,680 | — | #103 | #3,023 |
| 1922 | 2,962 | — | #95 | #3,090 |
| 1921 | 3,073 | — | #95 | #3,049 |
| 1920 | 3,083 | — | #92 | #3,590 |
| 1919 | 2,935 | — | #92 | #3,857 |
| 1918 | 3,036 | — | #92 | #3,856 |
| 1917 | 2,870 | — | #90 | #2,015 |
| 1916 | 2,838 | — | #87 | — |
| 1915 | 2,587 | — | #88 | #3,524 |
| 1914 | 2,039 | — | #86 | — |
| 1913 | 1,579 | — | #88 | — |
| 1912 | 1,458 | — | #86 | #1,782 |
| 1911 | 1,171 | — | #84 | #1,215 |
| 1910 | 1,038 | — | #88 | — |
| 1909 | 960 | — | #86 | — |
| 1908 | 848 | — | #92 | — |
| 1907 | 855 | — | #89 | — |
| 1906 | 898 | — | #80 | — |
| 1905 | 845 | — | #81 | — |
| 1904 | 774 | — | #84 | — |
| 1903 | 773 | — | #85 | — |
| 1902 | 758 | — | #84 | #1,187 |
| 1901 | 711 | — | #82 | — |
| 1900 | 922 | — | #82 | — |
| 1899 | 708 | — | #81 | — |
| 1898 | 786 | — | #81 | — |
| 1897 | 738 | — | #77 | #1,109 |
| 1896 | 817 | — | #73 | #1,020 |
| 1895 | 751 | — | #75 | #1,129 |
| 1894 | 765 | — | #72 | #990 |
| 1893 | 798 | — | #69 | — |
| 1892 | 760 | — | #69 | — |
| 1891 | 675 | — | #69 | — |
| 1890 | 659 | — | #70 | — |
| 1889 | 653 | — | #68 | — |
| 1888 | 691 | — | #68 | — |
| 1887 | 579 | — | #66 | — |
| 1886 | 551 | — | #70 | — |
| 1885 | 562 | — | #64 | #785 |
| 1884 | 602 | — | #59 | #1,013 |
| 1883 | 500 | — | #62 | — |
| 1882 | 452 | — | #64 | — |
| 1881 | 413 | — | #65 | — |
| 1880 | 411 | — | #61 | — |