Ellie
Ellie holds the #24 spot in the 2025 national count, peaking as we speak. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 105,677 American bearers across the record.
Ellie’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Ellie, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Ellie since 1880
Ellie peaked in 2024 at #21; #24 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Ellie is most common
The state that gives Ellie most often, per girls born there, is Vermont (1.54% in 2025); Alaska and North Dakota are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Ellie
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Ezra
#20 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ella
#29 in 2025 · Teutonic
Elias
#13 in 2025
Eden
#70 in 2025
Enzo
#72 in 2025
Eithan
#97 in 2025
Eli
#104 in 2025
Easton
#110 in 2025
Browse: names starting with E · all names
About Ellie
How popular is the name Ellie?
Ellie holds the #24 spot in the 2025 national count, peaking as we speak. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Ellie?
The 1884 reference we quote from has no entry for Ellie. Rather than borrow a gloss from somewhere we cannot cite, the page leaves the meaning blank and lets the chart speak.
Is there a sibling name for Ellie?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Ezra sits closest, with Ella and Elias just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
Get Ellie’s free Name Kit
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