How Many People Are Named Ellie?
people named Ellie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,358 people in the US has this name
Based on 106,857 babies named Ellie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,322 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Ellie in English. Counting Ellie and these spellings together, about 106,214 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ellie (99.7%) were girls. The share of girls among babies named Ellie rose from 88.4% in the 1880s to 99.9% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1930s, at 73.5%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ellie alive today is about 11 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ellie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 6,322 babies. In 2025, 6,176 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ellie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #21, in 2024, and it was in the top 100 for 15 years, 2011 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #24.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #24 |
| Best rank | #21 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | 15 (2011 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #52 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ellie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ellie were born in California than in any other state: about 11,041 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ellie was given 2.8 times as often in North Dakota, 2.4 times in Utah and 2.3 times in Wyoming.
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