NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Ellen Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Ellen: every year it appeared on the national list since 1884, with 745 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
745
Peak year
1941 #1462
Years on the list
73
10-year trend
-12.0%

In the 1940s ·

Popularity history

1884–1993

YearBirthsRank
196510#2668
19666#3643
19676#3673
19687#3457
19746#4807
19769#3807
19795#6341
19835#6551
19847#5136
19868#5002
19875#7298
19885#7627
19899#5302
19907#6635
19936#7935

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1941

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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