Ellar

Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,325

Peak · girls
1881 · 6 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
511
since 1880

Ellar over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ellar has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #740, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1956#5,3256
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1953#5,0406
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1951#5,4145
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1949#3,8928
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1944#3,6877
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1941#3,9546
1940#2,57211
1939#4,2505
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1936#3,1038
1935#4,2045
1934#2,28913
1933#3,4067
1932
1931#3,4977
1930#3,3458
1929#2,43713
1928#2,95410
1927#2,25616
1926#3,2699
1925#2,77812
1924#4,0027
1923#2,73212
1922#2,29116
1921#2,94111
1920#2,73112
1919#2,51513
1918#2,51913
1917#2,87910
1916#2,13315
1915#2,14314
1914#2,4349
1913#2,1649
1912#1,71911
1911#1,54510
1910#1,52110
1909#1,9576
1908#1,35710
1907#1,28910
1906
1905#96815
1904
1903#96913
1902#1,3208
1901#1,2278
1900#97015
1899#1,1818
1898#1,2638
1897#1,5555
1896#1,1229
1895
1894#1,3536
1893#1,4375
1892#1,4505
1891
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1889#83910
1888#79311
1887#8608
1886
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1884#9306
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1881#7406
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ellar was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ellar
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1956
  • Biggest jump: 351 spots in 1903 (#1,320#969)
  • Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1901 (#970#1,227)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #740 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1887–1889
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,325
  • Highest: 1 in 15,325 girls born in 1881 were named Ellar (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 334,617 girls born in 1956 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.1% of all girls named Ellar (118) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s46#740 (1881)#833
1890s46#1,122 (1896)#1,337
1900s85#968 (1905)#1,257
1910s114#1,521 (1910)#2,157
1920s118#2,256 (1927)#2,839
1930s53#2,289 (1934)#3,442
1940s32#2,572 (1940)#3,526
1950s17#5,040 (1953)#5,260

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ellar in 1900

girls
#970
15 births · 1 in 19,986 girls

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #970Ellar15
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 19,986 of them was named Ellar, which outranked 56.4% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ellar
  1. #941Vertie16
  2. #941Vira16
  3. #941Virgil16
  4. #970Ellar15
  5. #970Alvira15
  6. #970Amber15
  7. #970America15
  8. #1,008Abigail14
  9. #1,008Ader14
  10. #1,008Allean14

Tied with 37 names at #970; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. 940Rosia#1,596#656
  2. 763Josiephine#1,596#833
  3. 763Lelar#1,596#833
  4. 736Carmel#1,596#860
  5. 722Gloria#1,278#556
Fallers
  1. 1,204Irva#728#1,932
  2. 1,026Dellie#906#1,932
  3. 1,026Marybelle#906#1,932
  4. 949Sada#983#1,932
  5. 949Sidonia#983#1,932

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900