Ellington
#2,868 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Ellington has been given to 1,704 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #2,868 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 85 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% girls, 41% boys all-time.
Babies named Ellington, 2025
1 in 56,200
Ellington over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Ellington over time
In 2025, Ellington went to 70% girls and 30% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Ellington?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 56,200
- 59 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 27,200
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,868
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 38,949 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Ellington sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 38,949 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ellington. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Ellingtons were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Ellington was born before 2018 — so the typical Ellington is around 7 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 55.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,004
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 55.3% of all recorded uses (555).
Is Ellington rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +664
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −110
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −650
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.69×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 69.4%
- Peak was 2015 (85)
- Years since peak
- 10
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 30.0% average annual change
Where Ellington is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Ellington was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 7,143 girls, against 1 in 23,566 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Tennessee1 in 7,143
- 2South Carolina1 in 7,692
- 3North Carolina1 in 9,091
- 4Kentucky1 in 10,000
- 5Georgia1 in 14,286
- 6Texas1 in 25,000
- 7Alabama1 in 33,333
- 8Indiana1 in 33,333
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Ellington is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Ellington was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 961,283 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Texas1 in —
- 3Virginia1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ellington has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Ellington around the world
Where Ellington ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Canada2022–2022#2,959in 2022
Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Ellington by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Ellington
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Ellington
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.