Ellington

Boy · recorded 1921–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.4 to 1)

  • #4,139in 2025
  • 1 in 68,323boys in 2025
  • +4%last ten years

Most popular in 2017.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1921

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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 46 recorded years as a table
Ellington, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19215
19274
19395
19404
19424
19632
19673
19704
19774
19864
19892
19904
19923
19934
19944
19953
19963
19973
19984
19996
20004
20016
20025
20035
20044
20057
20065
20077
20086
20097
201010
20119
201210
201311
201415
201514
201624
201724
201818
201916
202017
202121
202221
202319
202411
202515

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ellington 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 2025
25
Rank in 2025
#4,139
How rare
1 in 68,323 boys
Since 1921
700

Most popular in 2017, at 24 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 4% per million boys born.

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