Elly
#1,611 for girls in 2025, 129 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2010 · 191 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,585since 1921
Elly over time
Rank among girls' names. Elly has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,611 | 129 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,732 | 117 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,792 | 113 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,560 | 136 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,750 | 117 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,518 | 140 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,548 | 139 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,590 | 135 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,515 | 146 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,394 | 167 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,488 | 154 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,345 | 174 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,328 | 176 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,384 | 168 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,440 | 157 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,253 | 191 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,620 | 138 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #1,789 | 122 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,666 | 133 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,627 | 130 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,731 | 114 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,601 | 122 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,845 | 100 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,780 | 101 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,151 | 76 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,457 | 62 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,844 | 86 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,419 | 32 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,633 | 29 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,986 | 36 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,749 | 33 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
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| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
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| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Elly! It came in at #3,400, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Elly
- 121 spots since 2024 (#1,732 → #1,611)
- 93 spots since 2020 (#1,518 → #1,611)
- 123 spots since 2015 (#1,488 → #1,611)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 2010 at #1,253 (191 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 9,307 girls born in 2010 were named Elly (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,459 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 35.0% of all girls named Elly (1,607) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 61 | #2,954 (1928) | #3,826 |
| 1930s | 8 | #3,226 (1931) | #3,226 |
| 1940s | 26 | #3,863 (1940) | #4,142 |
| 1950s | 88 | #3,284 (1951) | #4,192 |
| 1960s | 142 | #2,915 (1964) | #3,619 |
| 1970s | 192 | #2,860 (1979) | #3,676 |
| 1980s | 231 | #2,749 (1980) | #3,856 |
| 1990s | 380 | #1,844 (1999) | #3,278 |
| 2000s | 1,098 | #1,601 (2004) | #1,827 |
| 2010s | 1,607 | #1,253 (2010) | #1,429 |
| 2020s | 752 | #1,518 (2020) | #1,661 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elly in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 13,312 of them was named Elly, which outranked 92.0% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,612Maxine139
- #1,612Mayah139
- #1,612Mylie139
- #1,620Elly138
- #1,620Beverly138
- #1,620Capri138
- #1,620Carys138
- #1,629Andi137
- #1,629Andie137
- #1,629Arionna137
Tied with 8 names at #1,620; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 396,715 of them was named Elly, which outranked 14.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,049 names at #12,491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.