Elliemae
Feminine · “light or noble”
Elliemae joins Ellie to Mae, and Mae descends from Maia — a Roman goddess of growth who gave her name to the month of May.
How old is the name Elliemae?
Elliemae first appears in US birth records in 2009 — 16 years ago. The typical Elliemae is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Elliemae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Elliemae most popular?
Elliemae peaked in 2024, reaching #2080 nationally. Today it ranks #2214, 134 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Maia to Elliemae
The story of Elliemae
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. Ellie serves as a short form of half a dozen names. American families joined the two, and Elliemae appears in the registers in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
light or noble; and May
The Ellie half is a short form of Eleanor, Ellen or Elizabeth, whose origins differ and are partly unrecovered. The Mae half descends from May, from Maia, a Roman goddess associated with growth. The compound is modern American.
How the name formed
- Maia
- May
- Elliemae
Related forms: Ellie Mae · Elliemay
Pronouncing Elliemae
EL-ee-may
Three syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Elliemae
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
- 2009
- Most girls named
- 202492 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2080reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −9.8%83 in 2025, from 92
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.
Elliemae in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ellie Mae in English — spelling variant
- Elliemay in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Tennessee.
Elliemaes among us
people named Elliemae are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 19,365 born in 2025 was named Elliemae
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 Nohemi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Elliemae's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nohemi climbed just as high around 1994, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nohemi's path sketches the road Elliemae is walking now.
Elliemae 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 Elliemae is headed
Elliemae looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 30% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Elliemae beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Elliemae 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.
- Ellie and Mae are two short forms, both with real records.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- The compound is modern rather than inherited.
- It reads as strongly Southern American to many.
- It is often written as two words instead.
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Frequently asked
- How many Elliemaes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Elliemae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Elliemae in 2025?
- Elliemae ranks #2214 among US girl names in 2025, with 83 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Elliemae?
- About 1 in every 19,365 US girls born in 2025 was named Elliemae — 83 in all.
- Will my child share the name Elliemae with classmates?
- Elliemae will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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