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.

Ellyn

#2,927 most common girls' name of all time · #5,027 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1898–2025

Rank among girls
#2,927
Rank overall
#5,027 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
3,836
Since 2016
136
Peak year
1991 #1,524
Best rank
#995 1952
Girls Boys peak 102/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ellyn first appears in 1898. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 — 7 #12,006
2024 5 — 5 #15,385
2023 14 — 14 #7,669
2022 10 — 10 #9,726
2021 11 — 11 #9,026
2020 9 — 9 #10,295
2019 16 — 16 #7,049
2018 18 — 18 #6,539
2017 21 — 21 #5,844
2016 25 — 25 #5,294
2015 26 — 26 #5,152
2014 36 — 36 #4,111
2013 22 — 22 #5,854
2012 29 — 29 #4,848
2011 16 — 16 #7,457
2010 20 — 20 #6,396
2009 18 — 18 #7,085
2008 22 — 22 #6,151
2007 29 — 29 #4,957
2006 16 — 16 #7,509
2005 17 — 17 #6,838
2004 33 — 33 #4,185
2003 37 — 37 #3,737
2002 31 — 31 #4,096
2001 17 — 17 #6,348
2000 16 — 16 #6,515
1999 25 — 25 #4,456
1998 19 — 19 #5,384
1997 27 — 27 #4,019
1996 47 — 47 #2,637
1995 54 — 54 #2,398
1994 60 — 60 #2,210
1993 74 — 74 #1,901
1992 94 — 94 #1,622
1991 102 — 102 #1,524
1990 79 — 79 #1,816
1989 75 — 75 #1,791
1988 67 — 67 #1,843
1987 28 — 28 #3,263
1986 22 — 22 #3,784
1985 24 — 24 #3,534
1984 18 — 18 #4,192
1983 23 — 23 #3,450
1982 35 — 35 #2,656
1981 21 — 21 #3,757
1980 26 — 26 #3,230
1979 23 — 23 #3,455
1978 33 — 33 #2,593
1977 26 — 26 #3,017
1976 24 — 24 #3,017
1975 27 — 27 #2,749
1974 20 — 20 #3,330
1973 18 — 18 #3,505
1972 24 — 24 #2,835
1971 26 — 26 #2,751
1970 27 — 27 #2,657
1969 34 — 34 #2,180
1968 36 — 36 #2,008
1967 30 — 30 #2,178
1966 50 — 50 #1,590
1965 44 — 44 #1,697
1964 55 — 55 #1,537
1963 45 — 45 #1,721
1962 54 — 54 #1,528
1961 60 — 60 #1,445
1960 82 — 82 #1,205
1959 68 — 68 #1,302
1958 69 — 69 #1,276
1957 67 — 67 #1,294
1956 74 — 74 #1,216
1955 73 — 73 #1,171
1954 75 — 75 #1,144
1953 76 — 76 #1,115
1952 90 — 90 #995
1951 75 — 75 #1,073
1950 77 — 77 #1,048
1949 75 — 75 #1,033
1948 65 — 65 #1,111
1947 75 — 75 #1,024
1946 61 — 61 #1,096
1945 43 — 43 #1,222
1944 43 — 43 #1,217
1943 47 — 47 #1,191
1942 42 — 42 #1,241
1941 31 — 31 #1,405
1940 23 — 23 #1,657
1939 33 — 33 #1,299
1938 22 — 22 #1,678
1937 19 — 19 #1,818
1936 15 — 15 #2,085
1935 15 — 15 #2,153
1934 17 — 17 #1,959
1933 17 — 17 #1,939
1932 18 — 18 #1,922
1931 11 — 11 #2,654
1930 14 — 14 #2,354
1929 20 — 20 #1,859
1928 9 — 9 #3,262
1927 19 — 19 #2,063
1926 11 — 11 #2,941
1925 13 — 13 #2,697
1924 16 — 16 #2,359
1922 11 — 11 #3,032
1921 13 — 13 #2,686
1920 9 — 9 #3,417
1919 10 — 10 #3,097
1918 19 — 19 #2,008
1917 12 — 12 #2,611
1916 13 — 13 #2,431
1915 16 — 16 #2,013
1914 11 — 11 #2,206
1911 7 — 7 #2,100
1908 5 — 5 #2,281
1903 7 — 7 #1,567
1898 6 — 6 #1,676