Ellen
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from English Ellen and Danish Ellen.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ellen (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ellen has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 379 |
| 1999 | 416 |
| 2000 | 463 |
| 2001 | 433 |
| 2002 | 517 |
| 2003 | 510 |
| 2004 | 549 |
| 2005 | 498 |
| 2006 | 506 |
| 2007 | 523 |
| 2008 | 477 |
| 2009 | 492 |
| 2010 | 544 |
| 2011 | 502 |
| 2012 | 517 |
| 2013 | 498 |
| 2014 | 515 |
| 2015 | 490 |
| 2016 | 498 |
| 2017 | 454 |
| 2018 | 451 |
| 2019 | 422 |
| 2020 | 382 |
| 2021 | 338 |
| 2022 | 297 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 10,923 |
| 2000 | 10,949 |
| 2001 | 10,990 |
| 2002 | 11,117 |
| 2003 | 11,240 |
| 2004 | 11,423 |
| 2005 | 11,597 |
| 2006 | 11,805 |
| 2007 | 12,010 |
| 2008 | 12,229 |
| 2009 | 12,477 |
| 2010 | 12,817 |
| 2011 | 13,067 |
| 2012 | 13,374 |
| 2013 | 13,693 |
| 2014 | 14,024 |
| 2015 | 14,354 |
| 2016 | 14,715 |
| 2017 | 15,060 |
| 2018 | 15,358 |
| 2019 | 15,665 |
| 2020 | 15,930 |
Ellen in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ellen.Hi! My name is Ellen.
- Ellen ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Ellen called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Ellen har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ellen has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Ellens mamma är lärare.Ellen's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ellens mamma is Ellen's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Ellen
How do you pronounce Ellen in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Ellen from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Ellen mean?
Borrowed from English Ellen and Danish Ellen.
How popular is Ellen in Sweden?
297 babies were named Ellen in 2022. In 2020, 15,930 people in Sweden had Ellen as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2004 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.