Elle is a moderately popular girls' name in United States, ranking #479 in 2024 with 642 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2019 with 890 births ranking #355. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 358.6%. In 2024, approximately 1 in every 2,513 girls born was named Elle. STABLE Recent data shows the name is currently stable.
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.