Ellyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-in
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Ellyn is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Ellyn mean?
Greek: spelling of Ellen, a medieval English form of Helen
Ellen was the usual medieval English form of Helen, the name of Saint Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine.
Is Ellyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ellyn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ellyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Ellyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Ellyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Ellyn, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 102 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the girls named Ellyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 303 girls in the US were given Ellyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #837, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Ellyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 54 | #2,389 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,894 |
| 1992 | 94 | #1,619 |
| 1991 | 102 | #1,511 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,809 |
| 1989 | 75 | #1,783 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,835 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,743 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,736 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,647 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,171 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,999 |
| 1967 | 30 | #2,167 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,586 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,689 |
| 1964 | 55 | #1,532 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,714 |
| 1962 | 54 | #1,524 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,434 |
| 1960 | 82 | #1,198 |
| 1959 | 68 | #1,298 |
| 1958 | 69 | #1,273 |
| 1957 | 67 | #1,288 |
| 1956 | 74 | #1,209 |
| 1955 | 73 | #1,166 |
| 1954 | 75 | #1,139 |
| 1953 | 76 | #1,111 |
| 1952 | 90 | #993 |
| 1951 | 75 | #1,067 |
| 1950 | 77 | #1,040 |
| 1949 | 75 | #1,031 |
| 1948 | 65 | #1,104 |
| 1947 | 75 | #1,020 |
| 1946 | 61 | #1,086 |
| 1945 | 43 | #1,212 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,204 |
| 1943 | 47 | #1,180 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,229 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,635 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,291 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,025 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,307 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
Nicknames for Ellyn
Names like Ellyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Erin Robyn Holly Molly Penny Ellen Emily Georgia Zoe Charlotte Amber Evelyn
Other spellings of Ellyn
Names related to Ellyn
Ellena Elyon Ellowyn Ellana Ellina Ellyana Eilyn Ellawyn Aelyn
More Greek names
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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, “Ellyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellyn, updated 20 October 2026.