Ellen

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Ellen is a feminine given name. It was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004. People named Ellen include:

From Wikipedia

Ellen first appears in the data in 1988 and has been recorded in 13 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 182 babies (rank #65 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ellen

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ellen yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,410

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

182

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Ellen

Ellen Johnson Sirleafeconomist · b. 1938
Ellen DeGeneresLGBTQ rights activist · b. 1958
Ellen Burstynfilm actor · b. 1932
Ellen G. Whitemissionary · b. 1827
Ellen Pompeopodcaster · b. 1969

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1988	88	#94
1989	138	#87
1990	160	#80
1991	154	#77
1992	182	#65
1993	165	#79
1994	170	#78
1995	173	#73
1996	170	#70
2014	2	#676
2015	1	#1,433
2016	5	#314
2017	2	#651