How Many People Are Named Elle?
people named Elle are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,901 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,247 babies named Elle in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
890 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ELEANOR and other names beginning with El. This name can also be given in reference to the French pronoun elle meaning "she".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elle in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elle alive today is about 13 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elle first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 2019, to 890 babies. In 2025, 668 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elle has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #355, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #461.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #461 |
| Best rank | #355 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #392 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elle were born in California than in any other state: about 2,531 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elle was given 2.6 times as often in Utah, 1.9 times in District of Columbia and 1.6 times in Connecticut.
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