# Ellsworth (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ellsworth/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,337 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,337 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 11 | 3,874 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,047 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,299 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,636 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,738 |
| 1992 | 7 | 6,906 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,906 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,040 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,830 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,137 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,127 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,345 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,179 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,161 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,857 |

## People named Ellsworth

- Ellsworth Kelly, American painter, sculptor, and printmaker (1923-2015)
- Ellsworth Huntington, American geographer (1876-1947)
- Ellsworth Raymond Johnson, African-American mobster (1905-1968)
- Ellsworth Bunker, American diplomat (1894–1984)
- Ellsworth Paine Killip, American botanist (1890-1968)
- Howard Rollins, American stage, film and television actor (1950-1996)
- Robert Pollard, American singer and songwriter
- Thomas E. Martin, American politician (1893–1971)
- Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
- Thomas E. Morgan, American politician, Pennsylvania (1906-1995)

## 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.