Ellen

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,062in 2025
  • 1 in 6,988girls in 2025
  • −37%last ten years
  • 2.6×in Massachusetts

Most popular in 1884. Quieter now: down 37% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,3144,62718801916195319892025

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Ellen, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18804,517
18814,491
18824,191
18834,452
18844,627
18854,171
18863,812
18873,966
18883,869
18893,661
18903,462
18913,639
18923,579
18933,748
18943,405
18953,193
18963,409
18973,130
18983,037
18993,038
19003,076
19012,971
19022,851
19032,951
19042,811
19052,898
19063,041
19072,684
19082,537
19092,765
19102,618
19112,778
19122,596
19132,528
19142,677
19152,623
19162,718
19172,640
19182,617
19192,592
19202,567
19212,485
19222,459
19232,214
19242,361
19252,295
19262,335
19272,404
19282,325
19292,299
19302,240
19312,301
19322,221
19332,184
19342,351
19352,321
19362,305
19372,349
19382,542
19392,740
19402,902
19413,033
19423,107
19432,976
19443,012
19453,205
19463,333
19473,303
19483,115
19493,217
19503,250
19513,301
19523,150
19532,943
19542,810
19552,798
19562,706
19572,733
19582,563
19592,667
19602,540
19612,400
19622,091
19632,046
19641,864
19651,842
19661,658
19671,529
19681,281
19691,123
19701,006
1971837
1972773
1973736
1974741
1975700
1976642
1977664
1978661
1979587
1980595
1981574
1982595
1983570
1984552
1985496
1986565
1987621
1988667
1989714
1990726
1991763
1992724
1993721
1994740
1995746
1996659
1997466
1998352
1999381
2000348
2001338
2002328
2003366
2004324
2005280
2006287
2007267
2008243
2009226
2010242
2011228
2012212
2013230
2014244
2015227
2016254
2017223
2018209
2019207
2020208
2021176
2022155
2023149
2024152
2025143

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Massachusetts 2.6×
  2. Indiana 2.2×
  3. Tennessee 1.8×
  4. Michigan 1.6×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
230
Rank in 2025
#1,062
How rare
1 in 6,988 girls
Since 1880
275,284

Most popular in 1884, at 4,627 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 37% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Massachusetts2.6×27
Indiana2.2×27
Tennessee1.8×25
Michigan1.6×25
Pennsylvania1.5×32

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