Baby Names US
Unisex name ★ peaked 2016

Ellington

Gender Unisex · 59% girls Rank 2025 #2,868 Trend ↓ Falling 20%
Rank 2025
#2,868
among girls · ↑664 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
84
named Ellington · +33% vs 2024
How common
1 in 27,242
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2016
124 babies
All-time total
1,704
#7,487 all-time among girls
First recorded
1921
in Social Security records

Ellington popularity over time

1,704 babies have been named Ellington since 1921, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.020.040.060.0818801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – 10 10 1 – –
1930s – 5 5 1 -50% –
1940s – 10 10 1 +100% –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s – 10 10 1 – –
1970s – 13 13 1 +30% –
1980s – 13 13 1 0% –
1990s – 64 64 6 +392% –
2000s 89 110 199 20 +211% #6,882
2010s 555 284 839 84 +322% #2,218
2020s (to 2025) 360 181 541 90 +7% #2,609

Where Ellington is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 56 0.04 outside top 500
2027 54 0.03 outside top 500
2028 53 0.03 outside top 500
2029 51 0.03 outside top 500
2030 50 0.03 outside top 500

Where Ellington is most popular

Girls named Ellington per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.037 per 1,000. Strongest in South Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Ellington born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
South Carolina 12 0.133 +261%
Tennessee 21 0.133 +258%
North Carolina 23 0.101 +173%
Kentucky 7 0.082 +121%
Georgia 17 0.075 +102%
Indiana 9 0.064 +73%
Texas 31 0.039 ≈ national
California 5 0.006 -84%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Florida – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Illinois – – –
Kansas – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
New York – – –
Ohio – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Ellington

Ellington is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,868 in 2025 with 59 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1921, 1,704 American babies have been named Ellington, about 59% girls and 41% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2016, when 124 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Ellington stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Ellington?

The median living Ellington is about 8 years old; half are between 4 and 13. An estimated 1,700 people named Ellington are alive in the United States today.

median 8 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Ellington year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 59 #2,868 25 #4,167
2024 44 #3,532 19 #5,118
2023 65 #2,678 33 #3,492
2022 67 #2,609 37 #3,234
2021 65 #2,651 37 #3,202
2020 60 #2,758 30 #3,598
2019 78 #2,310 29 #3,742
2018 83 #2,227 33 #3,395
2017 55 #2,977 45 #2,724
2016 78 #2,392 46 #2,669
2015 85 #2,218 27 #3,914
2014 52 #3,150 28 #3,716
2013 38 #3,947 20 #4,673
2012 32 #4,529 19 #4,908
2011 26 #5,255 17 #5,270
2010 28 #5,013 20 #4,729
2009 15 #8,171 14 #6,192
2008 19 #6,882 13 #6,511
2007 11 #10,343 14 #6,007
2006 9 #11,728 11 #7,065
2005 6 #15,060 13 #5,971
2004 10 #10,142 8 #8,362
2003 5 #16,519 9 #7,428
2002 9 #10,479 9 #7,208
2001 5 #16,084 12 #5,782
2000 – – 7 #8,469
1995 – – 5 #9,279
1990 – – 8 #6,007
1985 – – – –
1980 – – – –
1975 – – – –
1970 – – 7 #3,969
1965 – – – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – 5 #3,598
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Ellington, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Ellington?

The median living Ellington is about 8 years old. Half of all living Ellingtons are between 4 and 13 years old.

How many people named Ellington are alive today?

An estimated 1,700 people named Ellington are alive in the United States, based on 1,704 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Ellington in 2025?

Ellington ranked #2,868 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 59 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Ellington?

1,704 babies have been named Ellington in the United States since 1921, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Ellington most popular?

Ellington peaked in 2016, when 124 newborns received the name.

Is Ellington a boy or girl name?

Ellington is used for both: about 59% of babies named Ellington have been girls and 41% boys.

Is the name Ellington rising or falling?

Ellington has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Ellington become more popular?

Ellington is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 50 girls named Ellington in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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