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Ellen Name Popularity

How popular is the name Ellen? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 1,012 0.2874%
1911 — 1,148 0.3083%
1912 — 1,442 0.2859%
1913 — 1,567 0.2764%
1914 — 2,022 0.2901%
1915 — 2,576 0.2835%
1916 — 2,834 0.2934%
1917 — 2,850 0.2849%
1918 — 3,023 0.2817%
1919 — 2,926 0.2794%
1920 — 3,068 0.2759%
1921 — 3,059 0.2671%
1922 — 2,948 0.2646%
1923 — 2,661 0.2376%
1924 — 2,936 0.2528%
1925 — 2,787 0.2466%
1926 — 2,766 0.2515%
1927 — 2,865 0.2588%
1928 — 2,675 0.25%
1929 — 2,560 0.2472%
1930 — 2,515 0.2408%
1931 — 2,436 0.2468%
1932 — 2,360 0.2389%
1933 — 2,194 0.2355%
1934 — 2,451 0.2535%
1935 — 2,431 0.2502%
1936 — 2,391 0.2482%
1937 — 2,492 0.2529%
1938 — 2,800 0.2735%
1939 — 3,004 0.2953%
1940 — 3,316 0.312%
1941 — 3,657 0.3249%
1942 — 4,194 0.3321%
1943 — 4,150 0.3179%
1944 — 3,994 0.3223%
1945 — 4,186 0.3432%
1946 — 5,235 0.3548%
1947 — 5,849 0.3504%
1948 — 5,283 0.3309%
1949 — 5,499 0.3418%
1950 — 5,563 0.3455%
1951 — 5,942 0.3505%
1952 — 5,842 0.3347%
1953 — 5,528 0.3123%
1954 — 5,454 0.2984%
1955 — 5,474 0.2976%
1956 — 5,430 0.2875%
1957 — 5,582 0.2901%
1958 — 5,158 0.2729%
1959 — 5,384 0.2834%
1960 — 5,132 0.2709%
1961 — 4,845 0.2566%
1962 — 4,105 0.2236%
1963 — 3,938 0.2194%
1964 — 3,520 0.2%
1965 — 3,237 0.1979%
1966 — 2,798 0.1792%
1967 — 2,503 0.1649%
1968 — 2,094 0.1395%
1969 — 1,877 0.1218%
1970 — 1,744 0.1096%
1971 — 1,362 0.0906%
1972 — 1,146 0.0841%
1973 — 1,047 0.0808%
1974 — 1,069 0.0822%
1975 — 991 0.0771%
1976 — 918 0.0712%
1977 — 987 0.0732%
1978 — 984 0.0732%
1979 — 911 0.0646%
1980 — 964 0.0659%
1981 — 937 0.0637%
1982 — 987 0.066%
1983 — 917 0.0621%
1984 — 901 0.0606%
1985 — 821 0.0541%
1986 — 943 0.0625%
1987 — 1,060 0.0695%
1988 — 1,167 0.0749%
1989 — 1,288 0.0798%
1990 — 1,368 0.0825%
1991 — 1,403 0.0861%
1992 — 1,309 0.082%
1993 — 1,272 0.0816%
1994 — 1,304 0.085%
1995 — 1,293 0.0858%
1996 — 1,117 0.0746%
1997 — 775 0.0524%
1998 — 586 0.0392%
1999 — 641 0.0428%
2000 — 585 0.0383%
2001 — 564 0.0374%
2002 — 551 0.0368%
2003 — 643 0.0423%
2004 — 549 0.036%
2005 — 482 0.0315%
2006 — 514 0.0328%
2007 — 472 0.0299%
2008 — 415 0.0269%
2009 — 384 0.0257%
2010 — 380 0.0264%
2011 — 357 0.0251%
2012 — 326 0.0229%
2013 — 358 0.0251%
2014 — 394 0.027%
2015 — 371 0.0255%
2016 — 408 0.0283%
2017 — 339 0.0243%
2018 — 308 0.0224%
2019 — 293 0.0216%
2020 — 281 0.0221%
2021 — 226 0.0185%
2022 — 200 0.0152%
2023 — 188 0.0145%

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Names Like Ellen

If you like Ellen, you’ll love these other names like Ellen.

What names are variants of Ellen?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Ellen.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Elan

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Elen

Light

Greek

Elena

Shining light

Greek

Elene

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Eleni

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Elenita

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Elenyi

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Elin

Sun ray, shining light

Welsh

Ellan

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Elleen

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Ellena

Man's defender; sun ray, shining light

Greek

Ellene

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Ellie

Shortened form of El- names

English

Ellin

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Ellon

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Elly

Sun ray, shining light; other, foreign

Greek

Ellyn

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Elon

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Elyn

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Elynn

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

What names sound like Ellen?

If you like how Ellen sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Ellen.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Aleen

Light

Greek

Alleen

Precious; precious; awakening; light

Polynesian

Allena

Precious

German

Allene

Precious; precious; awakening; light

Polynesian

Allyn

Precious; precious; awakening

Polynesian

Eilean
Eileen

“The brightly shining one,” from the Greek lielene, something shining, as a torch.

Gaelic

Eilena
Eilene
Eilin
Eilleen
Elaene

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Eleen
Eleena

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Ellane

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Ellina

Other, foreign

German

Ellona

Light

Hungarian

Ileen

English

Illene
Oleen

Joyous

Polynesian

Olwen

White footprint

Welsh

What names are similar to Ellen?

Find a name that’s like Ellen, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Eleanor

Of unknown meaning

English

Ella

Other goddess

Hebrew

Elnora

Compassion

Greek

Suellen

English

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