Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Ellen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ellen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.9% from peak

Peak era

1951

Peak rank proxy

5,945

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19512024

Peak year

1951

Decline from peak

95.9%

2024

244

All-time

275,048

Ellen once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1951, when 5,945 girls were named Ellen.

In 2024, only 244 girls were given the name.

Down 95.9% from its peak.

All told, about 275,048 Americans have been named Ellen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.9% from peak

19515,945 girls named Ellen

2024244 girls named Ellen

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