Elle is a moderately popular girls' name in England & Wales, ranking #140 in 1997 with 330 recorded births. This places Elle in the top 3% of ranked UK girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Moderately Popular. The name reached its all-time peak in 2002 with 502 births ranking #93. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 32.0%. In 1997, approximately 1 in every 888 girls born was named Elle. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Elle is usually treated as a short form of Eleanor and other names beginning with El. It also carries a stylish French association because elle is the French word for she.
The name grew in visibility through modern popular culture and fashion-world recognition. Even so, its clearest name-history route is still as a shorter form from the wider Eleanor family.