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Baby name
Ellen
Girl
Origin of the name
Ellen is an old English form of Helen.
Classic name
275,284births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 68rank at its peak, in 1951
Where babies named Ellen are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Ellen is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Ellen is most common in Massachusetts (2.1 times), New York (1.8) and District of Columbia (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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