Ellamae
Feminine · “all”
Ellamae joins Ella to Mae, and Mae descends from Maia — a Roman goddess of growth who gave her name to May.
How old is the name Ellamae?
Ellamae first appears in US birth records in 1898 — 127 years ago. The typical Ellamae alive today was born around 1943, making them about 82 years old. About 1,200 people named Ellamae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ellamae most popular?
Ellamae peaked in 1922, reaching #872 nationally. Today it ranks #2645, 1,773 places below that high. See the whole 1922 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Maia to Ellamae
The story of Ellamae
Maia was a Roman goddess of growth to whom the month of May was dedicated, and Ovid gives her as one explanation for its name. Ella came to England with the Normans. American double names of the Southern kind joined the two, and Ellamae appears in the registers in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
all; May
The Ella front is from the Germanic alia, 'all', or is a short form of Eleanor and Ellen. The Mae half descends from May, from Maia, a Roman goddess of growth. The compound is a modern American double name.
How the name formed
- Maia
- Ella Mae
- Ellamae
Related forms: Ella Mae · Ellamay
Pronouncing Ellamae
EL-uh-may
Three syllables, stress on the first. Written as one word or two, said identically.
Nicknames for Ellamae
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1898
- Most girls named
- 202180 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #872reached in 1922
- Change vs 2023
- +4.8%65 in 2025, from 62
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ellamae in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ella Mae in English — spelling variant
- Ellamay in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Pennsylvania, California.
Ellamaes among us
people named Ellamae are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 24,727 born in 2025 was named Ellamae
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Delsie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ellamae's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Delsie climbed just as high around 1905, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Delsie's path sketches the road Ellamae is walking now.
Ellamae sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ellamae is headed
Ellamae should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ellamae beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ellamae in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That May is named for a goddess of growth is a genuinely good fact.
- Ella and Mae are two short forms, both with real records.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- It reads as strongly Southern American.
- It is often written as two words instead.
- The compound is modern rather than inherited.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ellamaes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Ellamae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ellamae in 2025?
- Ellamae ranks #2645 among US girl names in 2025, with 65 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ellamae?
- About 1 in every 24,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Ellamae — 65 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ellamae with classmates?
- Ellamae will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ellamae
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