How rare is the name Ellery?

4,933 people in the United States have the first name Ellery, about 1 in 61,227. It ranks #3,954 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ELLERY

#3,954

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,933
About
1 in 61,227
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,933 people named Ellery, 77.1% reported their origin as White, 8.2% as Black and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 72.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ellery peaked in 2014, when 270 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
270
In 2025*
196 ▼27%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 7,005 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ellery by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,071. The largest share of babies named Ellery, 40%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,74510
1890s#2,92519
1900s#3,46323
1910s#3,393137
1920s#3,234225
1930s#3,730149
1940s#3,173224
1950s#3,030328
1960s#3,810255
1970s#4,305282
1980s#4,952290
1990s#4,436471
2000s#2,9981,165
2010s#2,0712,189
2020s#2,1921,238
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.8%
Silent Generation 1928–454.4%
Baby boom 1946–648.3%
Generation X 1965–805.7%
Millennials 1981–968.4%
Generation Z 1997–1227.8%
2013 and later40%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ellery is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ellery has been most common in Michigan (3.3×), Minnesota (3.1×), and Colorado (2.4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.36×).

3,009 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ellery

1 other first name also has 4,933 people.

#3,954 Napoleon · 4,933

Either side of Ellery

#3,952 Karolyn · 4,936#3,953 Ishmael · 4,934#3,954 Napoleon · 4,933#3,956 Celestine · 4,932

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ellery, most common first.

#18,867 Ellory · 567#28,745 Ellary · 311#38,175 Elery · 202#43,791 Eller · 160

Also a last name

As a last name, Ellery ranks #33,022 of 156,621, with 744 people. See Ellery as a last name

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