Name meaning & stats
Ellie
Ellie means “light (debated)”. 102,827 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“light (debated)”
Debated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
102,827 US babies were named Ellie between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ellie (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 93% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)