NameTides

Elly

Elly was the #1,611 girls' name in the US in 2025 (129 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Elly as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Elly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Elly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,611 (129)#2,006 (14)——#1,265 (20)
2024#1,732 (117)#2,575 (10)—#898 (3)#875 (32)
2023#1,792 (113)#5,688 (3)——#1,014 (25)
2022#1,560 (136)#3,534 (6)#760 (3)#634 (5)#1,095 (23)
2021#1,750 (117)#2,201 (12)——#1,082 (24)
2020#1,518 (140)#1,773 (16)#636 (4)—#1,020 (25)
2019#1,548 (139)#3,151 (7)#650 (4)—#922 (29)
2018#1,590 (135)#2,901 (8)—#734 (4)#817 (34)
2017#1,515 (146)#2,341 (11)——#927 (29)
2016#1,394 (167)#2,120 (13)—#750 (4)#765 (37)
2015#1,488 (154)#2,328 (11)——#666 (44)
2014#1,345 (174)#1,367 (23)——#870 (31)
2013#1,328 (176)#1,864 (15)—#894 (3)#581 (51)
2012#1,384 (168)#1,809 (16)#815 (3)#907 (3)#751 (37)
2011#1,440 (157)#2,432 (10)——#821 (33)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #1,253.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1921.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Elly is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elly by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Elly (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Elly (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EllyCanadaGirls#1,26520
EllyEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
EllyIrelandGirls—too few
EllyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EllyScotlandGirls—too few
EllyUSGirls#1,611129
EllyUSBoys—too few