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How popular is the name Elle?
Births per year, rank history and how many Elles are alive today.
Elle (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 634th in 2025 with 61 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2002, when 502 babies were given the name, the 93rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2002; the 2025 figure is roughly 12% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 5,800 babies have been named Elle in England and Wales since the 1990s. Elle is also a common short form of Eleanor, so many people called Elle are registered under the longer name.
The Elle you are most likely to meet is around 25 years old. Half of all Elles born in England and Wales are between 19 and 27, and there are at least 5,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Elle.
How many babies are named Elle each year?
Where does Elle rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Elle most popular?
Elle peaked in 2002, when 502 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Elle?
At least 5,800 people named Elle born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Elle?
Most living Elles are between 19 and 27; the most common age is about 25.
Is Elle becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2002 peak.