How Many People Are Named Ellyn?
people named Ellyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 112,800 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,836 babies named Ellyn in Social Security records from 1898 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
102 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ellyn in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ellyn alive today is about 49 years old, and 41% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 32 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ellyn first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1991, to 102 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ellyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #993, in 1952. In 2025 it ranked #12,274.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,274 |
| Best rank | #993 (1952) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,170 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ellyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ellyn were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 308 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ellyn was given 5.9 times as often in Illinois, 3.6 times in New York and 3.6 times in Wisconsin.
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