Ellan

Girl · recorded 1906–1993

  • 1993last recorded
  • 1906best year

Most popular in 1906.

Last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five girls 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 Ellan.

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Its story

Popularity since 1906

0142719061928195019711993

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 49 recorded years as a table
Ellan, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190627
191015
19149
19156
19166
19175
19199
192010
192110
19227
19235
19245
19257
19265
19294
19305
19315
19326
19345
19358
19365
19378
19386
19396
19405
19426
19435
19445
19456
19465
19477
19486
19497
19506
19514
19525
19535
19544
19553
19577
19585
19594
19604
19612
19634
19674
19693
19794
19933

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ellan 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1993
6
Rank in 1993
#11,780
How rare
1 in 301,512 girls
Since 1906
378

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

Most popular in 1906, at 27 per million girls born.

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

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