Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ellen

#148 most common girls' name of all time · #289 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#148
Rank overall
#289 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
276,029
Since 2016
3,133
Peak year
1951 #68
Best rank
#58 1946
Girls Boys peak 5,956/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ellen is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 230 230 #1,062
2024 246 246 #1,025
2023 239 239 #1,051
2022 255 255 #1,018
2021 289 289 #920
2020 336 336 #808
2019 347 347 #797
2018 356 356 #765
2017 385 385 #735
2016 450 450 #651
2015 406 406 #701
2014 435 435 #657
2013 403 403 #700
2012 374 374 #742
2011 401 401 #696
2010 430 430 #674
2009 416 416 #698
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 812 812 #346
1996 1,156 1,156 #244
1995 1,311 1,311 #214
1994 1,322 1,322 #217
1993 1,305 6 1,311 #216
1992 1,335 1,335 #217
1991 1,430 1,430 #209
1990 1,378 7 1,385 #210
1989 1,316 9 1,325 #202
1988 1,187 5 1,192 #219
1987 1,079 5 1,084 #240
1986 969 8 977 #265
1985 854 854 #290
1984 930 7 937 #263
1983 953 5 958 #246
1982 1,007 1,007 #250
1981 958 958 #257
1980 988 988 #260
1979 943 5 948 #255
1978 1,012 1,012 #241
1977 1,018 1,018 #244
1976 941 9 950 #251
1975 1,021 1,021 #237
1974 1,088 6 1,094 #234
1973 1,073 1,073 #241
1972 1,176 1,176 #234
1971 1,392 1,392 #218
1970 1,758 1,758 #188
1969 1,895 1,895 #169
1968 2,102 7 2,109 #156
1967 2,524 6 2,530 #138
1966 2,806 6 2,812 #130
1965 3,251 10 3,261 #117
1964 3,532 9 3,541 #119
1963 3,943 17 3,960 #112
1962 4,113 15 4,128 #109
1961 4,844 11 4,855 #97
1960 5,136 13 5,149 #94
1959 5,396 11 5,407 #91
1958 5,156 12 5,168 #93
1957 5,589 10 5,599 #85
1956 5,432 13 5,445 #84
1955 5,471 9 5,480 #81
1954 5,457 14 5,471 #77
1953 5,537 14 5,551 #76
1952 5,842 10 5,852 #70
1951 5,945 11 5,956 #68
1950 5,567 11 5,578 #66
1949 5,504 8 5,512 #64
1948 5,289 10 5,299 #67
1947 5,856 20 5,876 #61
1946 5,237 14 5,251 #58
1945 4,189 9 4,198 #61
1944 3,998 16 4,014 #63
1943 4,152 15 4,167 #67
1942 4,197 20 4,217 #64
1941 3,664 22 3,686 #67
1940 3,318 12 3,330 #74
1939 3,005 14 3,019 #80
1938 2,805 12 2,817 #90
1937 2,499 18 2,517 #102
1936 2,398 14 2,412 #99
1935 2,434 11 2,445 #95
1934 2,455 12 2,467 #95
1933 2,201 11 2,212 #104
1932 2,370 11 2,381 #104
1931 2,450 13 2,463 #99
1930 2,522 12 2,534 #100
1929 2,567 17 2,584 #97
1928 2,682 8 2,690 #98
1927 2,867 10 2,877 #93
1926 2,768 10 2,778 #100
1925 2,794 14 2,808 #101
1924 2,949 7 2,956 #99
1923 2,671 9 2,680 #103
1922 2,953 9 2,962 #95
1921 3,064 9 3,073 #95
1920 3,076 7 3,083 #92
1919 2,929 6 2,935 #92
1918 3,030 6 3,036 #92
1917 2,855 15 2,870 #90
1916 2,838 2,838 #87
1915 2,581 6 2,587 #88
1914 2,039 2,039 #86
1913 1,579 1,579 #88
1912 1,449 9 1,458 #86
1911 1,162 9 1,171 #84
1910 1,038 1,038 #88
1909 960 960 #86
1908 848 848 #92
1907 855 855 #89
1906 898 898 #80
1905 845 845 #81
1904 774 774 #84
1903 773 773 #85
1902 753 5 758 #83
1901 711 711 #82
1900 922 922 #82
1899 708 708 #81
1898 786 786 #81
1897 733 5 738 #77
1896 811 6 817 #73
1895 746 5 751 #75
1894 759 6 765 #72
1893 798 798 #69
1892 760 760 #69
1891 675 675 #69
1890 659 659 #70
1889 653 653 #68
1888 691 691 #68
1887 579 579 #66
1886 551 551 #70
1885 555 7 562 #64
1884 597 5 602 #59
1883 500 500 #62
1882 452 452 #64
1881 413 413 #65
1880 411 411 #61