Ellen

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,410
Total babies (all years)
13
Years in the data
182
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
198888#94
1989138#87
1990160#80
1991154#77
1992182#65
1993165#79
1994170#78
1995173#73
1996170#70
20142#676
20151#1,433
20165#314
20172#651