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Ellie

Gender
Girl
Say it
EL-ee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#94 for girls
US rank, 2025
#24 for girls
Style
Classic, big in Northern Ireland

Ellie is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 94th for girls in the UK (552 babies) and 24th for girls in the US (6,176 babies).

What does Ellie mean?

English: English pet form of Eleanor, Ellen and Elizabeth

Began as a pet form of Eleanor, Ellen and Elizabeth and is now also given as a name in its own right.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Ellie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 552 girls in the UK and 6,176 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ellie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
94th among girls
Babies in 2025
552 about 1 in 500 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 40% in five years
Same name in a class
2.7% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 552 girls in the UK were named Ellie, making it the 94th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 54th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5,943 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Ellie since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Ellie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 119th in England and Wales, 48th in Scotland and 21st in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#68), 2004 (#2), 2014 (#43) and 2024 (#88).

1996Busiest: 5,943 in 20042025
Ellie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025552#94
2024702#74
2023773#67
2022781#72
2021877#68
20201,019#54
20191,169#48
20181,185#49
20171,373#43
20161,495#40
20151,541#37
20141,701#31
20131,608#37
20121,949#29
20112,373#24
20102,574#23
20092,486#21
20083,040#15
20073,567#11
20063,996#9
20054,752#4
20045,943#1
20035,889#1
20025,420#4
20014,175#11
20003,717#16
19993,421#17
19982,606#27
19972,316#29
19961,956#33

How popular is Ellie in the US?

Rank in 2025
24th among girls
Babies in 2025
6,176 about 1 in 260 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 14% in five years
Same name in a class
5.2% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6,176 girls in the US were named Ellie, making it the 24th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 29th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6,317 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ellie in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2024, over 99% of the babies named Ellie in the US were girls.

1880Busiest: 6,317 in 20242025
Ellie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256,176#24
20246,317#21
20235,972#27
20225,787#33
20215,867#30
20205,606#29
20195,433#35
20185,223#36
20175,020#44
20165,074#43
20154,873#48
20144,487#55
20133,766#74
20123,388#85
20113,064#97
20102,912#104
20092,234#145
20081,996#167
20072,010#175
20061,996#175
20051,890#184
20041,817#189
20031,728#187
20021,619#200
2001906#339
2000829#360
1999708#394
1998603#437
1997432#545
1996374#611
1995359#617
1994252#801
1993255#794
1992234#850
1991169#1,068
1990173#1,034
1989128#1,236
198891#1,490
198787#1,485
198658#1,909
198548#2,171
198457#1,866
198371#1,565
198271#1,621
198181#1,490
198075#1,552
197981#1,471
197857#1,781
197760#1,717
197669#1,499
197570#1,459
197454#1,688
197355#1,647
197247#1,804
197130#2,477
197044#1,931
196953#1,648
196844#1,776
196741#1,821
196639#1,827
196560#1,421
196463#1,419
196376#1,262
196266#1,359
196160#1,434
196074#1,279
195967#1,305
195859#1,378
195753#1,457
195657#1,377
195562#1,274
195451#1,408
195359#1,260
195248#1,401
195143#1,433
195043#1,395
194937#1,511
194844#1,385
194742#1,437
194645#1,289
194542#1,231
194431#1,454
194336#1,366
194235#1,367
194145#1,101
194038#1,186
193938#1,179
193839#1,159
193748#1,018
193646#1,022
193544#1,039
193447#1,005
193346#1,024
193235#1,213
193143#1,074
193055#993
192954#981
192856#994
192766#917
192671#879
192591#773
192487#797
192382#800
192293#760
192184#797
192083#791
191989#743
1918123#642
191784#757
191683#744
191590#700
191470#690
191381#567
191264#615
191147#624
191050#584
190938#638
190856#479
190756#475
190651#477
190554#458
190454#438
190348#461
190251#434
190160#380
190065#417
189948#421
189853#422
189744#440
189652#392
189537#480
189453#386
189347#391
189241#413
189138#401
189040#400
188934#416
188841#374
188739#344
188634#365
188525#413
188428#377
188324#375
188237#290
188127#301
188017#403

Nicknames for Ellie

Names like Ellie

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

Chloe, Sophie, Evie, Zoe, Emma, Hannah, Jasmine, Gracie, Molly, Ella, Emily, Maisie

Other spellings of Ellie

Elly, Elli, Ellee, Elleigh, Elley, Elie

Names related to Ellie

Elle, Allie, Ellia, Elliyah, Elliw, Ollie

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Ellie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellie, updated 20 October 2026.