NameTides

Ellie

Ellie was the #24 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6,176 babies), and #119 in England & Wales and #16 in Canada.

Ellie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Ellie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Ellie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#24 (6,176)#119 (410)#48 (85)#21 (57)#15 (193)#16 (677)#32 (165)#47 (130)
2024#21 (6,317)#88 (534)#35 (99)#18 (69)#15 (190)#17 (685)#27 (189)#50 (119)
2023#27 (5,972)#82 (574)#26 (122)#16 (77)#6 (252)#16 (702)#25 (183)#52 (110)
2022#33 (5,787)#82 (590)#29 (122)#24 (69)#9 (259)#19 (689)#26 (201)#40 (136)
2021#30 (5,867)#78 (638)#21 (159)#20 (80)#16 (228)#19 (736)#42 (167)#47 (132)
2020#29 (5,606)#67 (772)#19 (161)#17 (86)#13 (238)#23 (699)#35 (171)#44 (133)
2019#35 (5,433)#63 (838)#13 (219)#11 (112)#7 (313)#33 (631)#34 (181)#43 (131)
2018#36 (5,223)#60 (919)#18 (189)#25 (77)#7 (309)#40 (568)#43 (143)#43 (105)
2017#44 (5,020)#50 (1,055)#15 (228)#22 (87)#20 (243)#39 (585)#44 (131)#43 (111)
2016#43 (5,074)#48 (1,142)#12 (251)#17 (102)#20 (254)#35 (641)#40 (158)#47 (90)
2015#48 (4,873)#47 (1,185)#14 (238)#18 (114)#24 (233)#43 (553)#45 (132)#48 (92)
2014#55 (4,487)#43 (1,308)#10 (278)#18 (109)#19 (288)#48 (515)#51 (134)#48 (93)
2013#74 (3,766)#43 (1,249)#14 (256)#21 (100)#23 (256)#67 (397)#50 (132)#60 (83)
2012#85 (3,388)#35 (1,527)#13 (282)#16 (136)#28 (250)#87 (321)#68 (106)#68 (73)
2011#97 (3,064)#28 (1,893)#9 (324)#13 (152)#24 (293)#107 (274)#59 (115)#63 (77)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #21.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 260 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 260common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 620common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 210common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 130very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 110very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 220common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ellie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 250 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 240 to 1 in 260.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ellie by state, 2025Alaska: #10AKMaine: #50MEWisconsin: #21WIVermont: #11VTNew Hampshire: #23NHWashington: #28WAIdaho: #13IDMontana: #20MTNorth Dakota: #4NDMinnesota: #23MNIllinois: #47ILMichigan: #35MINew York: #59NYMassachusetts: #53MAOregon: #19ORNevada: #31NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #7SDIowa: #16IAIndiana: #22INOhio: #20OHPennsylvania: #30PANew Jersey: #41NJConnecticut: #48CTRhode Island: #26RICalifornia: #30CAUtah: #17UTColorado: #36CONebraska: #36NEMissouri: #14MOKentucky: #8KYWest Virginia: #13WVVirginia: #36VAMaryland: #41MDDelaware: #35DEArizona: #26AZNew Mexico: #16NMKansas: #16KSArkansas: #12ARTennessee: #13TNNorth Carolina: #25NCSouth Carolina: #13SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #16OKLouisiana: #7LAMississippi: #11MSAlabama: #10ALGeorgia: #17GAHawaii: #30HITexas: #27TXFlorida: #24FL
Ellie (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#25252
Quebec2025#44110

Ellie (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
EllieCanadaGirls#16677
EllieEngland & WalesGirls#119410
Ellie-England & WalesGirls—too few
EllieIrelandGirls#15193
EllieNorthern IrelandGirls#2157
EllieNSWGirls#32165
EllieScotlandGirls#4885
EllieUSGirls#246,176
EllieUSBoys—too few
EllieVICGirls#47130