# Elli (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elli/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,798 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 35 / 2,763 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 492, 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 | 93 | 2,074 |
| 2012 | 110 | 1,839 |
| 2013 | 94 | 2,053 |
| 2014 | 121 | 1,732 |
| 2015 | 96 | 2,042 |
| 2016 | 96 | 2,057 |
| 2017 | 69 | 2,554 |
| 2018 | 83 | 2,226 |
| 2019 | 73 | 2,439 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,448 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,687 |
| 2022 | 59 | 2,870 |
| 2023 | 69 | 2,565 |
| 2024 | 56 | 2,946 |
| 2025 | 56 | 2,966 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 7,628 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,087 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,025 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,616 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,959 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,164 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Elli

- Elli Medeiros, French-Uruguayan singer and actress
- Elli Schmidt, East German politician (1908-1980)
- Elli Ochowicz, American speed skater
- Elli Pikkujämsä, Finnish footballer and snowboarder
- F. R. David, French musician

## 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.