Elle Popularity by Year
Follow Elle across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Elle birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 668 | #461 | Up 18 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 644 | #479 | Down 38 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 702 | #441 | Down 48 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 795 | #393 | Down 36 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 870 | #357 | Up 13 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 842 | #370 | Down 16 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 890 | #354 | Up 28 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 817 | #382 | Down 7 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 833 | #375 | Up 24 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 834 | #399 | Down 2 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 819 | #397 | Down 2 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 825 | #395 | Up 13 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 749 | #408 | Down 25 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 822 | #383 | Up 31 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 766 | #414 | Up 6 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 750 | #420 | Up 23 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 709 | #443 | Up 49 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 642 | #492 | Down 17 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 677 | #475 | Up 6 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 653 | #481 | Up 24 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 594 | #505 | Down 11 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 596 | #494 | Up 62 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 497 | #556 | Up 56 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 418 | #612 | Up 464 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 197 | #1,076 | Up 51 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 181 | #1,127 | Up 26 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 170 | #1,153 | Up 101 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 145 | #1,254 | Down 5 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 142 | #1,249 | Down 11 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 141 | #1,238 | Up 48 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 130 | #1,286 | Up 55 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 125 | #1,341 | Up 270 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 94 | #1,611 | Down 88 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 103 | #1,523 | Down 80 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 110 | #1,443 | Up 191 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 91 | #1,634 | Down 138 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 96 | #1,496 | Up 1,150 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 40 | #2,646 | Up 685 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 27 | #3,331 | Up 2,426 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 12 | #5,757 | Up 2,561 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 7 | #8,318 | Up 697 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 6 | #9,015 | Up 1,396 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | Down 3,463 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 8 | #6,948 | Up 2,704 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 5 | #9,652 | — |