Over the past 110 years, 33 boys and 250 484 girls have been named Ellen. The name Ellen ranks 7909th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Ellen in 1942. The peak of popularity of the name Ellen came in the 1940s and 1960s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.