Girl
Ellie
The name Ellie carries the meaning "light". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2010s than ever before. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
EtymologyDiminutive of Eleanor/Ellen
EtymologyMeaning "light"
Births by decade
1900s
613
1910s
974
1920s
981
1930s
600
1940s
534
1950s
623
1960s
624
1970s
585
1980s
782
1990s
3,559
2000s
17,055
2010s
32,546
Peaked in the 2010s · 59,476 total U.S. births since 1900