ELLEN is ranked as the 179th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 361,109.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 113.25 people named ELLEN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named ELLEN is 177,273.
The SSA data also shows that ELLEN is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
ELLEN is
81.4% White,
3.3% Hispanic origin,
11.0% Black,
2.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name ELLEN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name ELLEN is included in the following name categories:
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common Norwegian feminine given name - SSB Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Danish feminine given name - DST Data
English feminine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name ELLEN
The state with the most people named
ELLEN is
New York where
34,385 people have this name.
Vermont is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named ELLEN, as
215.22 in every 100,000
Vermontians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
Vermont is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Texas
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
5 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name ELLEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
17,626
136.84
99.7%
Indiana
7,358
111.53
99.4%
Iowa
2,915
93.81
99.0%
Kansas
3,045
104.85
98.7%
Michigan
9,425
95.1
99.7%
Minnesota
4,775
87.5
99.4%
Missouri
2,792
93.25
98.8%
Nebraska
2,214
117.68
98.3%
North Dakota
957
129.41
96.4%
Ohio
15,752
135.86
99.6%
South Dakota
1,017
119.19
96.4%
Wisconsin
7,214
125.29
99.5%
West States
State stats for the first name ELLEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,115
151.33
97.2%
Arizona
8,207
121.92
99.4%
California
33,955
87.51
99.8%
Colorado
7,320
136.68
99.4%
Hawaii
1,752
123.42
99.2%
Idaho
2,014
123.25
98.4%
Montana
1,404
137.18
97.7%
Nevada
3,127
110.15
99.1%
New Mexico
2,216
106.26
98.3%
Oregon
5,655
142.43
99.3%
Utah
3,081
104.68
98.7%
Washington
7,006
99.21
99.6%
Wyoming
877
150.05
97.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name ELLEN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have ELLEN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named ELLEN.
The most popular full name is ELLEN Smith.
0.81% of all the people named ELLEN
have this family name.
There are 30868 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name ELLEN