Elle

#461 for girls in 2025, 668 births

Peak · girls
2019 · 890 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,247
since 1977

Elle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elle has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #354, 2019girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#461668
2024#479644
2023#441702
2022#393795
2021#357870
2020#370842
2019#354890
2018#382817
2017#375833
2016#399834
2015#397819
2014#395825
2013#408749
2012#383822
2011#414766
2010#420750
2009#443709
2008#492642
2007#475677
2006#481653
2005#505594
2004#494596
2003#556497
2002#612418
2001#1,076197
2000#1,127181
1999#1,153170
1998#1,254145
1997#1,249142
1996#1,238141
1995#1,286130
1994#1,341125
1993#1,61194
1992#1,523103
1991#1,443110
1990#1,63491
1989#1,49696
1988#2,64640
1987#3,33127
1986#5,75712
1985#8,3187
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1983#9,0156
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1981#10,4115
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1978#6,9488
1977#9,6525
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Elle! It came in at #9,652, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1979–1982, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Elle is popular in 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNHWashington: #816 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,156 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #606 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,275 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedINOhio: #1,145 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,589 girlsOHPennsylvania: #783 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,607 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,432 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 15,106 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elle, so not publishedHITexas: #1,929 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 22,930 girlsTXFlorida: #1,019 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,385 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#606 · 1 in 5,275
  2. Pennsylvania#783 · 1 in 7,607
  3. Washington#816 · 1 in 6,156
  4. Florida#1,019 · 1 in 9,385
  5. Ohio#1,145 · 1 in 13,589

Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 2024.

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Minnesota#60651 in 5,275
Pennsylvania#78391 in 7,607
Washington#81651 in 6,156
Florida#1,01981 in 9,385
Ohio#1,14551 in 13,589
California#1,432171 in 15,106
Texas#1,92961 in 22,930
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Elle
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 18 spots since 2024 (#479 → #461)
  • 91 spots since 2020 (#370 → #461)
  • 64 spots since 2015 (#397 → #461)
  • Biggest jump: 464 spots in 2002 (#1,076 → #612)
  • Biggest drop: 48 spots in 2023 (#393 → #441)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2019 at #354 (890 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,886
  • Highest: 1 in 1,886 girls born in 2019 were named Elle (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,406 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 42.1% of all girls named Elle (8,105) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s13#6,948 (1978)#8,300
1980s193#1,496 (1989)#5,853
1990s1,251#1,153 (1999)#1,373
2000s5,164#443 (2009)#626
2010s8,105#354 (2019)#393
2020s4,521#357 (2021)#417

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.

Elle in 1992

girls
#1,523
103 births · 1 in 17,902 girls

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #1,523Elle103
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 17,902 of them was named Elle, which outranked 90.2% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elle
  1. #1,507Pooja104
  2. #1,507Shasta104
  3. #1,507Zaira104
  4. #1,523Elle103
  5. #1,523Aleshia103
  6. #1,523Annelise103
  7. #1,523Brooklynn103
  8. #1,530Aria102
  9. #1,530Chanell102
  10. #1,530Cherelle102

Tied with 6 names at #1,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →