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Is Ellen a Male or Female Name?

Ellen is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Ellen globally is 0.3% males and 99.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Saudi Arabia with 4.2% and the country with the highest female ratio is New Zealand with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Ellen in percentages: Globally: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, United States: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Netherlands: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, Brazil: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, United Kingdom: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Belgium: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Germany: 1.0% males, 99.0% females, Canada: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Norway: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Philippines: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, South Africa: 3.0% males, 97.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Ellen are 65+ years old, making up 48.0% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Ellen in each age group: 18-24: 5.6%, 25-34: 9.7%, 35-44: 7.9%, 45-54: 8.2%, 55-64: 20.5%, 65+: 48.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Ellen is Netherlands with 0.2052% of the population. Following is Norway and Belgium.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Ellen measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Ellen year over year: 1956: 0.0492‰, 1957: 0.0487‰, 1958: 0.0436‰, 1959: 0.044‰, 1960: 0.0326‰, 1961: 0.0368‰, 1962: 0.0325‰, 1963: 0.0298‰, 1964: 0.0251‰, 1965: 0.0236‰, 1966: 0.0209‰, 1967: 0.0185‰, 1968: 0.0162‰, 1969: 0.0164‰, 1970: 0.0127‰, 1971: 0.0111‰, 1972: 0.0096‰, 1973: 0.0098‰, 1974: 0.0094‰, 1975: 0.0082‰, 1976: 0.0074‰, 1977: 0.0098‰, 1978: 0.0093‰, 1979: 0.0092‰, 1980: 0.0079‰, 1981: 0.0102‰, 1982: 0.0111‰, 1983: 0.0101‰, 1984: 0.0105‰, 1985: 0.0085‰, 1986: 0.0082‰, 1987: 0.0084‰, 1988: 0.009‰, 1989: 0.0087‰, 1990: 0.008‰, 1991: 0.0111‰, 1992: 0.0115‰, 1993: 0.0114‰, 1994: 0.0145‰, 1995: 0.0156‰, 1996: 0.0153‰, 1997: 0.0158‰, 1998: 0.0107‰, 1999: 0.0106‰, 2000: 0.0059‰, 2001: 0.0061‰, 2002: 9.0909‰

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