Ellington**
#4,967 most common girls' name of all time · #8,421 across all names · 41% male / 59% female · used 1921–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#4,967
Rank overall
#8,421 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
1,704
Since 2016
988
Peak year
2016 #2,394
Best rank
#2,218 2015
Girls
Boys
peak 124/yr
Ellington first appears in 1921. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | 25 | 84 | #2,866 |
| 2024 | 44 | 19 | 63 | #3,534 |
| 2023 | 65 | 33 | 98 | #2,683 |
| 2022 | 67 | 37 | 104 | #2,612 |
| 2021 | 65 | 37 | 102 | #2,645 |
| 2020 | 60 | 30 | 90 | #2,756 |
| 2019 | 78 | 29 | 107 | #2,310 |
| 2018 | 83 | 33 | 116 | #2,222 |
| 2017 | 55 | 45 | 100 | #2,978 |
| 2016 | 78 | 46 | 124 | #2,394 |
| 2015 | 85 | 27 | 112 | #2,218 |
| 2014 | 52 | 28 | 80 | #3,151 |
| 2013 | 38 | 20 | 58 | #3,930 |
| 2012 | 32 | 19 | 51 | #4,510 |
| 2011 | 26 | 17 | 43 | #5,238 |
| 2010 | 28 | 20 | 48 | #5,004 |
| 2009 | 15 | 14 | 29 | #8,116 |
| 2008 | 19 | 13 | 32 | #6,845 |
| 2007 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #10,214 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #11,529 |
| 2005 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #14,688 |
| 2004 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #9,997 |
| 2003 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #16,005 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #10,335 |
| 2001 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #15,613 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1999 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | — |