Ellington
Ellington was the 2868th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2218th with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 650 places. More babies were named Ellington in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,868 girls, down 110 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 59girls
- Girls and boys
- 67% girls, 33% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201585 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,704babies recorded
Ellington popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,868 | #4,167 | 59 | 25 |
| 2020 | #2,758 | #3,598 | 60 | 30 |
| 2010 | #5,013 | #4,729 | 28 | 20 |
| 2000 | — | #8,469 | — | 7 |
| 1990 | — | #6,007 | — | 8 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | #3,969 | — | 7 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | #3,598 | — | 5 |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Ellington, counting every spelling?
Ellington has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Ellington?
59 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ellington (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Ellington born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 142 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ellington.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ellington?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Ellington are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 12. That makes Ellington a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Ellington by state
How common Ellington was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (3.6×), North Carolina (2.7×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Ellington
How popular is the name Ellington?
Ellington was the 2868th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2218th with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 650 places. More babies were named Ellington in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Ellington a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 67% girls, 33% boys given the name Ellington in the US.
Where is Ellington most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ellington was most common in South Carolina (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and North Carolina.