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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 61,659 of them was named Ely, which outranked 73.9% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,695Zionna29
- #4,695Zoi29
- #4,695Zoriah29
- #4,811Ely28
- #4,811Acelyn28
- #4,811Addysen28
- #4,811Adelie28
- #4,922Abigaelle27
- #4,922Aisling27
- #4,922Ajah27
Tied with 110 names at #4,811; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 25,356 of them was named Ely, which outranked 86.3% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,935Saleh74
- #1,935Syrus74
- #1,935Tylen74
- #1,958Ely73
- #1,958Asaiah73
- #1,958Ashtyn73
- #1,958Ayven73
- #1,977Alexandro72
- #1,977Carlton72
- #1,977Deonte72
Tied with 18 names at #1,958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.