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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 929 babies (rank #64 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

8,239

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

929

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

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with E

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	929	#64
1997	866	#66
1998	691	#78
1999	688	#78
2000	596	#87
2001	608	#85
2002	481	#98
2003	464	#103
2004	406	#124
2005	359	#142
2006	334	#159
2007	323	#169
2008	246	#210
2009	178	#271
2010	235	#216
2011	189	#258
2012	179	#274
2013	124	#366
2014	132	#349
2015	119	#384
2016	92	#476