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Ellen
Pronounced /ˈɛl.ən/
Rank in 2024
#1,029
Born in 2024
244
Peak year
1951 · #68
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 244 girls were named Ellen, about 1 in every 6,611.
- It peaked in 1951 with 5,945 babies, ranked #68.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 275,048 girls have been named Ellen since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ellen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.5Greatest1901–27
- 2.6Silent1928–45
- 2.8Boomers1946–64
- 1.0Gen X1965–80
- 0.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 52,059 babies, 2.54 per 1,000. Silent: 53,906 babies, 2.61 per 1,000. Boomers: 98,845 babies, 2.76 per 1,000. Gen X: 24,988 babies, 0.98 per 1,000. Millennials: 18,489 babies, 0.65 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,857 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,145 babies, 0.20 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Medieval English variant of Helen, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē); also used as a variant of Eleanor or a feminine counterpart to Elliot.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈɛl.ən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ellen, CC BY-SA 4.0.