Elly Girl
How popular is Elly?
#1,611 girl name in 2025
129 baby girls were named Elly in the US in 2025, making it the 1611th most popular girl name.
Elly popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,611 for girls (▲ 121 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 129 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,488 in 2015, #1,518 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (191 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,253 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1921 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elly counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ellie family of names ranked #32 for girls in 2025 (#33 the year before), with 6,466 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ellie | 6,176 | 96% |
| Elly | 129 | 2% |
| Elli | 56 | 1% |
| Ellee | 48 | 1% |
| Elleigh | 38 | 1% |
| Elley | 13 | 0% |
| Elee | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elly is most popular
Babies named Elly per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (78 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
Elly by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 61 | #2,952 |
| 1930s | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1940s | 26 | #3,861 |
| 1950s | 88 | #3,283 |
| 1960s | 142 | #2,914 |
| 1970s | 192 | #2,860 |
| 1980s | 231 | #2,749 |
| 1990s | 380 | #1,841 |
| 2000s | 1,098 | #1,600 |
| 2010s | 1,607 | #1,253 |
| 2020s | 752 | #1,518 |
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Questions
- Is Elly a boy or girl name?
- Elly is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elly were girls.
- How popular is the name Elly?
- 129 baby girls were named Elly in the US in 2025, making it the 1611th most popular girl name.
- When was Elly most popular?
- Elly peaked in 2010, when 191 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,253 in 2010.
- How many people are named Elly?
- 4,595 babies have been named Elly in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,445 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Elly most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elly was most common in Ohio, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.