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 | — | |
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| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
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| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
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| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
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| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
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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.
Where Elly is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#553 · 1 in 2,257
- Arizona#700 · 1 in 3,438
- Oklahoma#784 · 1 in 3,358
- Washington#869 · 1 in 4,592
- North Carolina#1,096 · 1 in 6,473
Best ever in a state: #188 in Montana, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #553 | 5 | 1 in 2,257 |
| Arizona | #700 | 9 | 1 in 3,438 |
| Oklahoma | #784 | 5 | 1 in 3,358 |
| Washington | #869 | 7 | 1 in 4,592 |
| California | #1,096 | 28 | 1 in 7,276 |
| North Carolina | #1,096 | 7 | 1 in 6,473 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,138 | 7 | 1 in 7,408 |
| Virginia | #1,200 | 5 | 1 in 7,428 |
| Texas | #1,404 | 17 | 1 in 9,841 |
| Florida | #1,499 | 8 | 1 in 10,839 |
| Illinois | #1,607 | 5 | 1 in 11,525 |
| New York | #1,916 | 6 | 1 in 14,973 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
More about 2016
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1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 10,611 of them was named Elly, which outranked 92.6% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,386Keilani168
- #1,386Nori168
- #1,386Shirley168
- #1,394Elly167
- #1,394Ananya167
- #1,394Andie167
- #1,394Beverly167
- #1,403Chevelle166
- #1,403Elissa166
- #1,403Zahara166
Tied with 8 names at #1,394; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.