# Elle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,247 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 19,247 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,716, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 766 | 414 |
| 2012 | 822 | 383 |
| 2013 | 749 | 408 |
| 2014 | 825 | 396 |
| 2015 | 819 | 397 |
| 2016 | 834 | 399 |
| 2017 | 833 | 375 |
| 2018 | 817 | 382 |
| 2019 | 890 | 355 |
| 2020 | 842 | 370 |
| 2021 | 870 | 357 |
| 2022 | 795 | 394 |
| 2023 | 702 | 441 |
| 2024 | 644 | 479 |
| 2025 | 668 | 461 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 489 |
| 2012 | 59 | 701 |
| 2013 | 65 | 626 |
| 2014 | 51 | 763 |
| 2015 | 66 | 625 |
| 2016 | 59 | 693 |
| 2017 | 50 | 785 |
| 2018 | 84 | 507 |
| 2019 | 81 | 506 |
| 2020 | 104 | 408 |
| 2021 | 88 | 478 |
| 2022 | 88 | 472 |
| 2023 | 88 | 451 |
| 2024 | 67 | 583 |
| 2025 | 61 | 634 |

## People named Elle

- Elle Fanning, American actress (born 1998)
- Elle Macpherson, Australian model and actress
- Elle King, American singer, songwriter, and actress
- Elle Logan, American rower
- Elle Smith, American beauty pageant contestant
- Elle Evans, American model
- Elle Kennedy, Canadian novelist; bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense
- Elle Armit, Australian water polo player
- Elle Kull, Estonian actress and politician (born 1952)
- Madison Beer, American singer (born 1999)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.