Meaning not yet researched.
Ellery: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 188 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,020 in 2014.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,020 in 2014; #1,208 in 2025. About 96% of babies named Ellery in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,208 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2014, at #1,020.
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Ellery: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 188 girls in 2025. Peak: #1,020 in 2014 · most girls in one year: 256 (2015).
In 2025, 188 US girls were named Ellery, making it the 1,208th most common girls’ name of the year, up 124 places from #1,332 in 2024. That is 16 more than the 172 girls named Ellery in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,020, reached in 2014. The most girls given the name in a single year was 256, in 2015. For comparison, it was #1,041 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 8 US boys were named Ellery, making it the 9,149th most common boys’ name of the year, down 3,850 places from #5,299 in 2024. That is 10 fewer than the 18 boys named Ellery in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #744, reached in 1897. The most boys given the name in a single year was 65, in 1959. For comparison, it was #6,078 in 2015 and #1,481 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ellery in 123 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 7,005 US babies have been given the name, 68% of them girls and 32% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,189 babies named Ellery.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,955 US girls were named Ellery; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 213. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,549 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ellery ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #559 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ellory (901 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ellerie, Ellary and Elery are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ellerie (588), Ellary (381), Elery (323), Eleri (192), Elleri (150), Ellori (37).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ellery in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 31 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 5 | #559 | — |
| Michigan | 14 | #563 | #679 |
| Iowa | 5 | #596 | — |
| Alabama | 7 | #653 | #850 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #702 | — |
| Minnesota | 6 | #761 | #524 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #797 | #650 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #831 | #975 |
| Colorado | 5 | #947 | #712 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #971 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,090 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,100 | #995 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,278 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,292 | #1,718 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,328 | #995 |
| California | 16 | #1,430 | #1,006 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,601 | #1,096 |
| Texas | 11 | #1,947 | #1,282 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,966 | #1,911 |
| New York | 5 | #2,183 | #1,088 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 188 | #1,208 | 8 | #9,149 |
| 2024 | 172 | #1,332 | 18 | #5,299 |
| 2023 | 196 | #1,212 | 9 | #8,439 |
| 2022 | 201 | #1,203 | 11 | #7,404 |
| 2021 | 213 | #1,150 | 6 | #11,159 |
| 2020 | 207 | #1,146 | 9 | #8,258 |
| 2019 | 197 | #1,193 | 9 | #8,401 |
| 2018 | 174 | #1,310 | 11 | #7,271 |
| 2017 | 211 | #1,168 | 10 | #7,744 |
| 2016 | 196 | #1,244 | 11 | #7,283 |
| 2015 | 256 | #1,041 | 14 | #6,078 |
| 2014 | 256 | #1,020 | 14 | #6,087 |
| 2013 | 197 | #1,223 | 7 | #9,967 |
| 2012 | 202 | #1,210 | 17 | #5,315 |
| 2011 | 197 | #1,218 | 10 | #7,659 |
| 2010 | 187 | #1,274 | 13 | #6,457 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,385 | 8 | #9,232 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,608 | 19 | #4,949 |
| 2007 | 151 | #1,526 | 10 | #7,759 |
| 2006 | 159 | #1,426 | 9 | #8,197 |
| 2005 | 131 | #1,557 | 16 | #5,101 |
| 2004 | 77 | #2,269 | 5 | #11,893 |
| 2003 | 70 | #2,375 | 12 | #5,982 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,587 | 10 | #6,687 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,385 | 12 | #5,781 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,038 | 18 | #4,260 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,201 | 13 | #5,120 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,857 | 8 | #7,044 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,053 | 13 | #4,744 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,252 | 10 | #5,658 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,518 | 21 | #3,226 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,726 | 15 | #4,153 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,447 | 18 | #3,545 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,113 | 14 | #4,176 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,749 | 15 | #3,869 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,934 | 18 | #3,355 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,110 | 12 | #4,350 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,126 | 15 | #3,402 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,447 | 28 | #2,136 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,956 | 16 | #3,040 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,780 | 21 | #2,447 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,473 | 30 | #1,853 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,291 | 29 | #1,872 |
| 1982 | — | — | 25 | #2,131 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,878 | 23 | #2,221 |
| 1980 | — | — | 13 | #3,311 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,651 | 25 | #2,064 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,543 | 23 | #2,091 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,004 | 24 | #2,025 |
| 1976 | — | — | 43 | #1,360 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,485 | 29 | #1,722 |
| 1974 | — | — | 12 | #3,003 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,804 | 22 | #1,944 |
| 1972 | — | — | 24 | #1,836 |
| 1971 | — | — | 21 | #2,000 |
| 1970 | — | — | 25 | #1,760 |
| 1969 | — | — | 15 | #2,243 |
| 1968 | — | — | 22 | #1,706 |
| 1967 | — | — | 12 | #2,394 |
| 1966 | — | — | 23 | #1,626 |
| 1965 | — | — | 29 | #1,440 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,058 | 21 | #1,752 |
| 1963 | — | — | 34 | #1,343 |
| 1962 | — | — | 18 | #1,911 |
| 1961 | — | — | 32 | #1,414 |
| 1960 | — | — | 44 | #1,182 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,526 | 65 | #957 |
| 1958 | — | — | 31 | #1,405 |
| 1957 | — | — | 24 | #1,645 |
| 1956 | — | — | 42 | #1,177 |
| 1955 | — | — | 37 | #1,242 |
| 1954 | — | — | 25 | #1,534 |
| 1953 | — | — | 24 | #1,558 |
| 1952 | — | — | 27 | #1,468 |
| 1951 | — | — | 23 | #1,566 |
| 1950 | — | — | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1949 | — | — | 15 | #1,968 |
| 1948 | — | — | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1947 | — | — | 34 | #1,259 |
| 1946 | — | — | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1945 | — | — | 17 | #1,648 |
| 1944 | — | — | 17 | #1,699 |
| 1943 | — | — | 23 | #1,471 |
| 1942 | — | — | 24 | #1,431 |
| 1941 | — | — | 19 | #1,603 |
| 1940 | — | — | 23 | #1,413 |
| 1939 | — | — | 14 | #1,904 |
| 1938 | — | — | 22 | #1,452 |
| 1937 | — | — | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1936 | — | — | 10 | #2,337 |
| 1935 | — | — | 13 | #2,064 |
| 1934 | — | — | 18 | #1,680 |
| 1933 | — | — | 14 | #1,933 |
| 1932 | — | — | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1931 | — | — | 18 | #1,719 |
| 1930 | — | — | 16 | #1,911 |
| 1929 | — | — | 12 | #2,358 |
| 1928 | — | — | 27 | #1,426 |
| 1927 | — | — | 26 | #1,485 |
| 1926 | — | — | 23 | #1,578 |
| 1925 | — | — | 21 | #1,699 |
| 1924 | — | — | 22 | #1,691 |
| 1923 | — | — | 22 | #1,657 |
| 1922 | — | — | 27 | #1,441 |
| 1921 | — | — | 26 | #1,487 |
| 1920 | — | — | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1919 | — | — | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1918 | — | — | 22 | #1,618 |
| 1917 | — | — | 20 | #1,660 |
| 1916 | — | — | 17 | #1,791 |
| 1915 | — | — | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,456 |
| 1913 | — | — | 9 | #1,988 |
| 1912 | — | — | 11 | #1,556 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,216 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #968 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #997 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,078 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,178 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #744 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,087 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,014 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #978 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).