Elle
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About Elle
Combine the charming heroine of the movie Legally Blonde with supermodel Elle Macpherson and the trend toward all names beginning with "el"—Ellie, Ella, Eleanor—and you have one hit name.
Elle Driver is the Darryl Hannah character in Kill Bill, Elle Bishop was Kristen Bell's in Heroes, and Elle Fanning (born Mary, sister of Dakota) is a rising young actress.
As of October 2026, Elle ranked #461 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #355 in 2019, Nameberry popularity #421.
Editor's take: The name Elle is a girl's name of French origin meaning "she".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #396 | 825 | 461.8 |
| 2015 | #397 | 819 | 458.8 |
| 2016 | #399 | 834 | 470.6 |
| 2017 | #375 | 833 | 482.5 |
| 2018 | #382 | 816 | 479.7 |
| 2019 | #355 | 890 | 530.3 |
| 2020 | #370 | 842 | 520.9 |
| 2021 | #357 | 870 | 530.2 |
| 2022 | #394 | 795 | 484.7 |
| 2023 | #441 | 700 | 436.3 |
| 2024 | #479 | 642 | 396.2 |
| 2025 | #461 | 668 | 415.6 |
World rankings
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Famous Elles
- (Mary) Elle Fanning
American actress; sister of Dakota Fanning
- Elle Macpherson (born Eleanor Nancy Gow)
Australian supermodel
- Lisa "Elle" Fowler
YouTube beauty guru
- Elle King (born Tanner Elle Schneider)
American singer; daughter of actor Rob Schneider
- Elle Walker
co,founder of the YouTube channel "Whatsupmoms"
- Gabrielle Serene "Elle" Varner
American pop singer
- Elle Bradford
American transgender YouTuber
- Elle Jade Mulvaney
English actress
- Elle McLemore
American actress
- Laura Brooke "Elle" Winter
American singer and actress
- Elle Kennedy
Canadian romance novelist
- Elle Palmer (b. 2009)
daughter of American football player Carson Palmer; twin of brother Fletch
- Elle Leona Longoria (b. 2013)
daughter of baseball player Evan Longoria and model Jaime Faith Edmondson
- Elle Gibbs
daughter of NASCAR driver and coach Coy Gibbs
- Elle Corbin Bancroft (b. 2015)
daughter of TV journalist Andrea Canning
- Elle Fehr (b. 2016)
daughter of ice hockey player Eric Fehr
- Elle Ezra (b.2017)
daughter of model Bar Rafaeli and Adi Ezra
- Jaz Elle Agassi (b. 2003)
daughter of tennis players Andre Agassi & Steffi Graf
- Elle Johnson (b. 1990) American Bikini Model from Park City
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Elle in pop culture
- Elle Driver
character in the "Kill Bill" movies
- Elle Woods
main character in the "Legally Blonde" movies
- Elle Greenaway
a character on TV's "Criminal Minds"
- Elle Bishop
character on TV's "Heroes"
- Elle Brody
character in the film "Godzilla"
- Elle McFeast
Australian TV character created by Libbi Gorr
- Elle Daniels
main character in 2016 film "Elle: A Modern Cinderella Story"
- Lucinda "Elle" Robinson
character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Rochelle/Shelly 'Elle' Evans
character in book/film "The Kissing Booth"
- Elizabeth 'Elle' Burke
character on TV's "White Collar"
- Elle Holloway
character in the game 'Silent Hill: Homecoming'
- Elle Eedee
daughter of the robots in "Monster High" show and series
- Elle
fashion magazine
- "Elle
" 2016 French thriller film
- Elle
a Sri Lankan sport similar to baseball