Ellee
Feminine
Ellee is one of many spellings of Ellie, the short form that Eleanor, Ella, Elizabeth and Eleanora all produce. It has become a complete name in its own right in the last few decades.
How old is the name Ellee?
Ellee first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Ellee is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,400 people named Ellee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ellee most popular?
Ellee peaked in 2013, reaching #2187 nationally. Today it ranks #3249, 1,062 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ellee
Ours rather than the record's. Ellie is one of the great collector short forms of English: it can stand in for Eleanor, Elizabeth, Ella, Elena, Eloise or Elspeth, and by now it stands for none of them in particular. That has made it something unusual — a name with an enormous family and no single parent. Ellee is a spelling that makes it look like a whole name rather than a clipping, which is exactly the job the -ee ending has been doing in American naming for two generations.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The meaning depends on which longer name it came from, and often none is intended. Eleanor's own origin is unsettled; Elizabeth is Hebrew, my God is an oath; Ella is Germanic and may mean all or other. The short form carries none of them reliably.
Pronouncing Ellee
EL-ee
Two syllables, first stressed. Every spelling of the name sounds the same.
Nicknames for Ellee
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
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 201385 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2187reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- −4.0%48 in 2025, from 50
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.
Ellee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ellie in English — spelling variant
- Elly in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Ellees among us
people named Ellee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 33,485 born in 2025 was named Ellee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Ellee
- #3249
- Ellee on the 2025 chart
- #404
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ellee went to 48 girls in 2025, but Elle and Elee are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 722, which makes it the 404th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,845 places above the chart.
- Elle668
- Ellee48
- Elee6
About 1 girl in 2,226 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 33,485 for Ellee itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lasha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ellee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lasha climbed just as high around 1988, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lasha's path sketches the road Ellee is walking now.
Ellee 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 Ellee is headed
Ellee should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High 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.
Ellee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ellee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Five letters and two syllables, very quick to write in the first years of school.
- The sound is warm, familiar and understood by everyone.
- Several long names stand behind it if a fuller formal option is wanted later.
- Ellie is the standard spelling by a very wide margin and will be written for her constantly.
- The sound is extremely widely used, so a classroom may well hold more than one.
- There is no meaning to give, since no single parent name is behind it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ellees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Ellee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Ellee?
- Ellee is one of 3 recorded spellings. Elle is the more common one — 668 births in 2025 against 48 for Ellee.
- How popular is the name Ellee in 2025?
- Ellee ranks #3249 among US girl names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ellee?
- About 1 in every 33,485 US girls born in 2025 was named Ellee — 48 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ellee with classmates?
- Ellee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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