# Elly (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elly/  
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 | 4,595 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 4,585 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 634, 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 | 157 | 1,440 |
| 2012 | 168 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 176 | 1,330 |
| 2014 | 174 | 1,348 |
| 2015 | 154 | 1,488 |
| 2016 | 167 | 1,397 |
| 2017 | 146 | 1,517 |
| 2018 | 135 | 1,591 |
| 2019 | 139 | 1,551 |
| 2020 | 140 | 1,521 |
| 2021 | 117 | 1,751 |
| 2022 | 136 | 1,560 |
| 2023 | 113 | 1,795 |
| 2024 | 117 | 1,736 |
| 2025 | 129 | 1,613 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5 | 6,149 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,041 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,773 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Elly

- Elly Ameling, Dutch singer
- Elly Griffiths, British novelist
- Elly van Hulst, Dutch middle distance runner
- Elly De La Cruz, Dominican baseball player (born 2002)
- Elly Plooij-van Gorsel, Dutch politician

## 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.