Ely
#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · #2,641 for boys in 2025, 49 births
Given to boys 87.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,471since 1880
Ely over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #6,838 | 16 | #2,641 | 49 |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | #3,045 | 40 |
| 2023 | #4,746 | 28 | #2,769 | 46 |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 | #3,100 | 39 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | #2,652 | 48 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | #2,617 | 48 |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | #2,042 | 71 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | #1,959 | 75 |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 | #1,958 | 73 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | #1,563 | 105 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | #1,514 | 109 |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | #1,536 | 104 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #1,370 | 123 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #1,304 | 132 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | #1,178 | 150 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | #1,267 | 137 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #1,148 | 159 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #1,169 | 153 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | #1,206 | 146 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | #1,185 | 142 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #1,081 | 152 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #1,101 | 143 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,410 | 94 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #1,447 | 88 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #1,452 | 85 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #1,370 | 92 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #1,692 | 62 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #1,931 | 50 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,693 | 58 |
| 1996 | — | #2,017 | 43 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #1,955 | 43 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #2,347 | 33 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #1,741 | 49 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #1,778 | 47 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #1,528 | 57 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #1,840 | 42 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #1,793 | 42 |
| 1988 | — | #1,949 | 33 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,057 | 29 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,791 | 34 |
| 1985 | — | #1,794 | 33 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,630 | 36 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,562 | 38 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,734 | 33 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,548 | 39 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,655 | 35 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,903 | 28 |
| 1978 | — | #1,616 | 34 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,904 | 26 |
| 1976 | — | #1,748 | 29 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,293 | 16 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,795 | 15 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,317 | 12 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,012 | 16 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,827 | 19 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,703 | 21 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,505 | 25 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,695 | 20 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,342 | 25 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,388 | 19 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ely was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ely
- 404 spots since 2024 (#3,045 → #2,641)
- 24 spots since 2020 (#2,617 → #2,641)
- 1,127 spots since 2015 (#1,514 → #2,641)
- Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1881 (#909 → #653)
- Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1897 (#778 → #1,057)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #540 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1880–1882
- Highest: 1 in 9,474 boys born in 1882 were named Ely (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,859 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.0% of all boys named Ely (1,254) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #540 (1882) | #800 |
| 1890s | 43 | #685 (1895) | #874 |
| 1900s | 34 | #943 (1901) | #1,135 |
| 1910s | 187 | #1,045 (1910) | #1,383 |
| 1920s | 170 | #1,505 (1920) | #2,003 |
| 1930s | 90 | #1,783 (1934) | #2,624 |
| 1940s | 84 | #2,195 (1944) | #2,717 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,135 (1951) | #2,920 |
| 1960s | 74 | #2,538 (1961) | #2,865 |
| 1970s | 224 | #1,616 (1978) | #2,084 |
| 1980s | 352 | #1,548 (1981) | #1,751 |
| 1990s | 484 | #1,528 (1991) | #1,852 |
| 2000s | 1,254 | #1,081 (2005) | #1,257 |
| 2010s | 1,079 | #1,178 (2011) | #1,569 |
| 2020s | 270 | #2,617 (2020) | #2,804 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ely in 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 97,726 of them was named Ely, which outranked 65.0% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,564Zeniyah19
- #6,564Zhoe19
- #6,564Zoraya19
- #6,855Ely18
- #6,855Aaniya18
- #6,855Addisynn18
- #6,855Adelae18
- #7,118Aariana17
- #7,118Aarohi17
- #7,118Abegail17
Tied with 262 names at #6,855; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 12,662 of them was named Ely, which outranked 91.8% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,173Garrison151
- #1,173Jakari151
- #1,173Viktor151
- #1,178Ely150
- #1,178Austen150
- #1,178Colter150
- #1,178Cormac150
- #1,183Ayan149
- #1,183Beck149
- #1,183Benicio149
Tied with 4 names at #1,178; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.