first name
ELLE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,938 people named Elle, 74.8% reported their origin as White, 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Elle peaked in 2019, when 890 babies got the name.
At least 19,247 babies have been given the name since 1977. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Elle by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #774. The largest share of babies named Elle, 53.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Elle is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elle has been most common in Utah (3.8×), Nevada (2.3×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.18×).
17,666 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Elle
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elle, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Elle ranks #77,921 of 156,621, with 265 people. See Elle as a last name
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