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Ellan

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 427

Ireland

#587

1998 births

Ellan is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 1993 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1957, when 14 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1906.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Ellan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1993, not a full ten years.

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'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '90
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Births named Ellan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 8
1910s 40
1920s 65
1930s 58
1940s 79
1950s 83
1960s 33
1970s 6
1990s (to 1993) 6

How popular is Ellan?

In 1993, Ellan was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Ellan is used

Ireland #587 3 in 1998
England & Wales #3,781 4 in 2001
France #6,218 5 in 2024
United States #12,787 6 in 1993

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ellan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Ellan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ellan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ellan

How popular is the name Ellan?

In 1993, Ellan was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Ellan a girl's or a boy's name?

Ellan is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Ellan?

Ellan has 2 syllables.

When was Ellan most popular?

Ellan peaked in 1957, when 14 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.