Ellen

Boy · recorded 1884–1993

  • 1993last recorded
  • 1885best year

Most popular in 1885.

Last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ellen.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1884

0336518841911193919661993

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 73 recorded years as a table
Ellen, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188444
188565
189452
189543
189650
189744
190241
191140
191221
19157
191716
19186
19196
19207
19218
19228
19238
19246
192513
19269
19279
19287
192916
193011
193113
193211
193311
193412
193511
193613
193717
193811
193913
194010
194118
194214
194311
194412
19457
19469
194711
19486
19495
19506
19516
19525
19537
19547
19554
19566
19575
19586
19595
19606
19615
19627
19638
19645
19655
19663
19673
19684
19744
19766
19793
19833
19844
19864
19873
19883
19894
19903
19933

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ellen isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1993
6
Rank in 1993
#7,638
How rare
1 in 326,888 boys
Since 1884
745

Ellen was last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1885, at 65 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ellen doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.