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How popular is the name Ellie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ellies are alive today.
Ellie (female) is currently the 88th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 534 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2004, when 5,142 babies were given the name, the 2nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2024 figure is roughly 10% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 64,000 babies have been named Ellie in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Ellie you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Ellies born in England and Wales are between 17 and 26, and there are at least 70,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 20% chance that at least one of them will be called Ellie.
How many babies are named Ellie each year?
Where does Ellie 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 Ellie most popular?
Ellie peaked in 2004, when 5,142 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ellie?
At least 70,000 people named Ellie born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ellie?
Most living Ellies are between 17 and 26; the most common age is about 23.
Is Ellie becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak.