Ellyn
Ellyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 994th, in 1952.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1991102 births
- Best rank
- #994in 1952
- Since 1898
- 3,829people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,829 girls have been named Ellyn in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 102 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1950s alone account for 19%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ellyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 88 | |
| 1920s | 121 | |
| 1930s | 181 | |
| 1940s | 505 | |
| 1950s | 744 | |
| 1960s | 490 | |
| 1970s | 248 | |
| 1980s | 339 | |
| 1990s | 581 | |
| 2000s | 236 | |
| 2010s | 229 | |
| 2020s | 49 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Ellyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Ellyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janettpeak 1991
- Janeypeak 1947
- Jacquelynpeak 1951
- Laurelpeak 1956
- Jannettepeak 1960
- Jacquelynepeak 1961
- Dianapeak 1957
- Jannettpeak 1991
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.