Meaning and history
Ellie is a diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen, Elizabeth, and other names beginning with El. It became popular in the United Kingdom in the 1990s and was ranked second for girls in 2003.
20062006: 1,996 births, rank #175
2007: 2,010 births, rank #175
2008: 1,996 births, rank #167
2009: 2,234 births, rank #145
2010: 2,912 births, rank #104
20112011: 3,064 births, rank #97
2012: 3,388 births, rank #85
2013: 3,766 births, rank #74
2014: 4,487 births, rank #55
2015: 4,873 births, rank #48
20162016: 5,074 births, rank #43
2017: 5,020 births, rank #44
2018: 5,223 births, rank #36
2019: 5,433 births, rank #35
2020: 5,606 births, rank #29
20212021: 5,867 births, rank #30
2022: 5,787 births, rank #33
2023: 5,972 births, rank #27
2024: 6,317 births, rank #21
20252025: 6,176 births, rank #24
Ellie has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1880, it fell to #998 by 1930, before climbing to #24 in 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2024, with 6,317 births.