The first name Ellery

In 2025, 11 girls were named Ellery, making it the 2,440th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2024, with 20 births (#1,541).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Ellery with other names.

In 2025, 188 girls born in the United States were named Ellery, the 1,208th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2014, when 256 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• 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, born 2000
• Ellery Cairo
  Dutch association football player, born 1978
• Juan Ramón
  Argentine actor (1940–2020)

How popular is the name Ellery?

In 2025, 11 girls born in England and Wales were named Ellery, ranking 2,440th. Its peak was 2024, with 20 births.

Is Ellery a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. Of the 7,005 US babies named Ellery since 1880, 68% were girls and 32% boys.

When was Ellery most popular?

2014 in the United States, when 256 babies were named Ellery, its highest rank at 1,020th.

What name is Ellery a form of?

Ellery is a form of Hilary and Eulalie.