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Ellamae

Girl · EL-a-may · Modern

Ellamae is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).

What does Ellamae mean?

Modern: combination of Ella and Mae

A run-together form of the double name Ella Mae, a traditional combination in the American South.

Say it
EL-a-may

Is Ellamae a girl's or a boy's name?

Ellamae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ellamae in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 9 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ellamae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1998Busiest: 9 in 20152023
Ellamae in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20233#5,929
20220–
20214#4,864
20200–
20190–
20181#7,536
20174#4,967
20168#3,105
20159#2,855
20143#5,920
20135#4,267
20123#6,108
20117#3,360
20104#4,931
20094#4,795
20085#4,065
20073#5,415
20065#3,724
20054#4,150
20047#2,669
20034#3,768
20024#3,556
20010–
20000–
19990–
19984#3,310

How popular is Ellamae in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,645among girls
Babies in 2025
65about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Ellamae, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.

Half of all the girls named Ellamae in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 161 girls in the US were given Ellamae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,227, up from #2,645 for this spelling alone.

1898Busiest: 80 in 20212025
Ellamae in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202565#2,645
202475#2,413
202362#2,757
202276#2,404
202180#2,286
202075#2,341
201969#2,538
201851#3,157
201755#2,964
201654#3,060
201541#3,704
201454#3,078
201329#4,753
201234#4,294
201126#5,205
201020#6,380
200916#7,676
200818#7,069
200724#5,706
20068#12,415
200517#6,815
20048#11,617
200311#9,043
20027#12,181
20010–
20005#15,024
19990–
19985#14,116
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19765#9,282
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19676#6,041
19660–
19650–
19646#6,008
19630–
19620–
19619#4,545
19609#4,436
19590–
19587#4,889
19570–
19569#4,160
195512#3,376
19540–
19538#4,225
19525#5,561
19519#3,713
19508#3,960
194912#2,998
19489#3,591
194710#3,446
194611#3,033
194524#1,698
194416#2,198
194317#2,150
194215#2,310
194125#1,569
194026#1,518
193919#1,797
193824#1,547
193720#1,735
193624#1,507
193518#1,845
193419#1,771
193325#1,470
193225#1,520
193133#1,258
193031#1,371
192933#1,305
192827#1,540
192741#1,213
192640#1,220
192548#1,101
192455#1,046
192352#1,054
192270#872
192154#1,017
192055#989
191939#1,194
191859#930
191736#1,205
191643#1,059
191542#1,025
191432#1,059
191321#1,229
191211#1,718
191112#1,372
191010#1,521
190915#1,052
19088#1,547
19079#1,384
19069#1,321
19059#1,297
190414#965
19030–
19020–
19017#1,339
190014#1,007
18995#1,595
18987#1,379

Nicknames for Ellamae

Names like Ellamae

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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