NameTides

Elle

Elle was the #461 girls' name in the US in 2025 (668 babies), and #634 in England & Wales and #683 in Canada.

Elle as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Elle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Elle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#461 (668)#634 (61)#256 (14)#161 (11)#189 (23)#683 (44)
2024#479 (644)#583 (67)#260 (14)#253 (6)#243 (17)#822 (35)
2023#441 (702)#451 (88)#185 (22)#237 (7)#190 (24)#402 (74)
2022#393 (795)#472 (88)#186 (23)#243 (7)#214 (21)#531 (54)
2021#357 (870)#478 (88)#198 (21)#298 (5)#177 (27)#380 (84)
2020#370 (842)#408 (104)#178 (22)#192 (9)#375 (10)#410 (75)
2019#354 (890)#506 (81)#216 (19)#243 (7)#247 (19)#391 (83)
2018#382 (817)#507 (84)#225 (18)#313 (5)#235 (20)#451 (72)
2017#375 (833)#785 (50)#247 (17)#263 (6)#324 (13)#448 (73)
2016#399 (834)#693 (59)#276 (15)#353 (4)#390 (11)#380 (91)
2015#397 (819)#625 (66)#300 (13)#269 (6)#462 (9)#466 (71)
2014#395 (825)#763 (51)#282 (15)#365 (4)#427 (10)#475 (69)
2013#408 (749)#626 (65)#319 (12)#370 (4)#459 (9)#386 (84)
2012#383 (822)#701 (59)#267 (17)#268 (7)#510 (8)#408 (77)
2011#414 (766)#489 (87)#175 (26)#189 (10)#359 (13)#407 (79)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #354.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 920common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Elle is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elle by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #325ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #388NYMassachusetts: #353MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #264NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #444INOhio: #562OHPennsylvania: #403PANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: #220CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #335CAUtah: #287UTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #418MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #416AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #322LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #500TXFlorida: #404FL
Elle (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Elle (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElleCanadaGirls#68344
ElleEngland & WalesGirls#63461
Elle-England & WalesGirls—too few
ElleIrelandGirls#18923
ElleNorthern IrelandGirls#16111
ElleScotlandGirls#25614
ElleUSGirls#461668