Elle is a distinctive girls' name in England & Wales, ranking #785 in 2017 with 50 recorded births. This places Elle in the top 10% of ranked UK girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Uncommon. The name reached its all-time peak in 2002 with 502 births ranking #93. Since 1996, the popularity has decreased by 80.0%. In 2017, approximately 1 in every 5,982 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.