How rare is the name Elly?

4,914 people in the United States have the first name Elly, about 1 in 61,463. It ranks #3,967 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELLY

#3,967

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,914
About
1 in 61,463
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,914 people named Elly, 65% reported their origin as White, 15.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 96.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elly peaked in 2010, when 191 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19212025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
191
In 2025*
129 ▼32%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,595 babies have been given the name since 1921. 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.

Elly by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,551. The largest share of babies named Elly, 40.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#6,90861
1930s#10,9648
1940s#8,64526
1950s#6,25388
1960s#5,316142
1970s#5,401197
1980s#5,788231
1990s#5,145380
2000s#3,1141,103
2010s#2,5511,607
2020s#3,053752
Greatest Generation 1901–271%
Silent Generation 1928–450.8%
Baby boom 1946–643.8%
Generation X 1965–806.5%
Millennials 1981–969.2%
Generation Z 1997–1238.6%
2013 and later40.1%

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 Elly is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elly has been most common in California (2.6×), Florida (2.2×), and Texas (1.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.42×).

1,933 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.

Either side of Elly

#3,965 Jacinta · 4,919#3,966 Jocelyne · 4,916#3,968 Shyann · 4,911#3,969 Halina · 4,907

Spelled almost the same

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

#299 Ella · 185,535#1,830 Elle · 15,938#2,472 Eloy · 9,980#3,728 Ely · 5,426#5,310 Elli · 3,262#22,040 Ell · 455#26,868 Elley · 344#51,658 Eley · 112

Also a last name

As a last name, Elly ranks #90,184 of 156,621, with 220 people. See Elly as a last name

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