# Ellery (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ellery/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,005 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,261 / 4,744 (68% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 206, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 197 | 1,218 |
| 2012 | 202 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 197 | 1,223 |
| 2014 | 256 | 1,020 |
| 2015 | 256 | 1,041 |
| 2016 | 196 | 1,244 |
| 2017 | 211 | 1,168 |
| 2018 | 174 | 1,310 |
| 2019 | 197 | 1,193 |
| 2020 | 207 | 1,146 |
| 2021 | 213 | 1,150 |
| 2022 | 201 | 1,203 |
| 2023 | 196 | 1,212 |
| 2024 | 172 | 1,332 |
| 2025 | 188 | 1,208 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,659 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,315 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,967 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,087 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,078 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,283 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,744 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,271 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,401 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,258 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,159 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,404 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,439 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,299 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,149 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,541 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Ellery

- George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (1868-1938)
- Ellery Harding Clark, American track and field athlete (1874–1949)
- William Ellery Channing, American Unitarian clergyman (1780–1842)
- William Ellery Channing, American writer and poet (1818–1901)
- Ellery Sprayberry, American actress
- Ellery Cairo, Dutch association football player
- Juan Ramón, Argentine actor (1940–2020)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.