Ellie
Alternative forms & variants: Ella, Elly
“Bright shining light or God is my light (diminutive of Eleanor or Elizabeth)”
Linguistic heritage: English / Greek
Historical US Popularity Trajectory
Annual recorded US births from 1880 to 2025 (US Social Security Administration)
Data source: United States Social Security Administration (1880–2025). The SSA privacy policy suppresses counts under 5. Data indicates biological sex entered on Social Security applications.
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United States Social Security Administration (SSA) National Data (1880–2025). Counts reflect 100% of Social Security card applications where year, sex, and state of birth are recorded.
Meanings cross-referenced with Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Nurturepedia (MIT). Phonetics audited against the Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD).