Meaning not yet researched.
Ely: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 49 in 2025. Its best rank was #551 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #551 in 1882; #2,653 in 2025. About 75% of babies named Ely in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,653 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #551.
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Ely: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 49 boys in 2025. Peak: #551 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 159 (2009).
In 2025, 49 US boys were named Ely, making it the 2,653rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 411 places from #3,064 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 40 boys named Ely in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #551, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 159, in 2009. For comparison, it was #1,516 in 2015 and #2,847 in 1950.
In 2025, 16 US girls were named Ely, making it the 6,925th most common girls’ name of the year, down 2,229 places from #4,696 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 29 girls named Ely in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #4,619, reached in 2022. That year also had the most girls given the name: 30. For comparison, it was #5,174 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ely in 131 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 5,087 US babies have been given the name, 12% of them girls and 88% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 1,397 babies named Ely.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 594 US boys were named Ely; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 105. In 2025 that was about 1 in 34,859 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ely ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #1,295 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Eli (154,512 babies since 1880), Elly (4,595 babies since 1880), Aly (2,197 babies since 1880) and Elia (10,159 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Eiley, Iley and Illy 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: Eiley (550), Iley (299), Illy (10).
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 Ely in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,295 | — |
| Texas | 5 | #2,682 | #1,118 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,925 | 49 | #2,653 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,696 | 40 | #3,064 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,788 | 46 | #2,777 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,619 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,454 | 48 | #2,663 |
| 2020 | 16 | #7,017 | 48 | #2,631 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,949 | 71 | #2,051 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,055 | 75 | #1,964 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,846 | 73 | #1,961 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,713 | 105 | #1,567 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,174 | 109 | #1,516 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,357 | 104 | #1,540 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,547 | 123 | #1,373 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,762 | 132 | #1,305 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,940 | 150 | #1,181 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,246 | 137 | #1,271 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,789 | 159 | #1,149 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,514 | 153 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,174 | 146 | #1,208 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,946 | 142 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,484 | 152 | #1,085 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,880 | 143 | #1,104 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,822 | 94 | #1,412 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,166 | 88 | #1,450 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,438 | 85 | #1,454 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,044 | 92 | #1,373 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,364 | 62 | #1,699 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,696 | 50 | #1,940 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,575 | 58 | #1,698 |
| 1996 | — | — | 43 | #2,027 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,240 | 43 | #1,961 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,915 | 33 | #2,362 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,248 | 49 | #1,749 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,227 | 47 | #1,786 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,591 | 57 | #1,530 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,469 | 42 | #1,848 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,010 | 42 | #1,809 |
| 1988 | — | — | 33 | #1,960 |
| 1987 | — | — | 29 | #2,077 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,472 | 34 | #1,805 |
| 1985 | — | — | 33 | #1,808 |
| 1984 | — | — | 36 | #1,639 |
| 1983 | — | — | 38 | #1,570 |
| 1982 | — | — | 33 | #1,744 |
| 1981 | — | — | 39 | #1,557 |
| 1980 | — | — | 35 | #1,664 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,328 | 28 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | — | — | 34 | #1,625 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,067 | 26 | #1,919 |
| 1976 | — | — | 29 | #1,759 |
| 1975 | — | — | 21 | #2,150 |
| 1974 | — | — | 22 | #2,009 |
| 1973 | — | — | 17 | #2,342 |
| 1972 | — | — | 12 | #2,876 |
| 1971 | — | — | 19 | #2,156 |
| 1970 | — | — | 16 | #2,326 |
| 1969 | — | — | 12 | #2,584 |
| 1968 | — | — | 11 | #2,618 |
| 1967 | — | — | 9 | #2,834 |
| 1966 | — | — | 7 | #3,324 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,651 |
| 1963 | — | — | 10 | #2,730 |
| 1962 | — | — | 8 | #3,129 |
| 1961 | — | — | 11 | #2,591 |
| 1959 | — | — | 8 | #3,105 |
| 1958 | — | — | 10 | #2,696 |
| 1957 | — | — | 8 | #3,090 |
| 1956 | — | — | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1955 | — | — | 6 | #3,625 |
| 1954 | — | — | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1953 | — | — | 6 | #3,538 |
| 1952 | — | — | 7 | #3,182 |
| 1951 | — | — | 13 | #2,165 |
| 1950 | — | — | 8 | #2,847 |
| 1949 | — | — | 9 | #2,668 |
| 1948 | — | — | 10 | #2,499 |
| 1947 | — | — | 12 | #2,281 |
| 1946 | — | — | 6 | #3,283 |
| 1945 | — | — | 8 | #2,622 |
| 1944 | — | — | 11 | #2,232 |
| 1943 | — | — | 6 | #3,333 |
| 1942 | — | — | 9 | #2,577 |
| 1941 | — | — | 5 | #3,657 |
| 1940 | — | — | 8 | #2,729 |
| 1939 | — | — | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1938 | — | — | 6 | #3,280 |
| 1937 | — | — | 7 | #3,000 |
| 1935 | — | — | 7 | #3,048 |
| 1934 | — | — | 16 | #1,801 |
| 1933 | — | — | 15 | #1,855 |
| 1932 | — | — | 8 | #2,928 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,370 |
| 1930 | — | — | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1929 | — | — | 12 | #2,362 |
| 1928 | — | — | 13 | #2,301 |
| 1927 | — | — | 16 | #2,067 |
| 1926 | — | — | 11 | #2,620 |
| 1925 | — | — | 16 | #2,033 |
| 1924 | — | — | 22 | #1,693 |
| 1923 | — | — | 15 | #2,153 |
| 1922 | — | — | 19 | #1,842 |
| 1921 | — | — | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1920 | — | — | 25 | #1,519 |
| 1919 | — | — | 20 | #1,715 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,050 | 32 | #1,239 |
| 1917 | — | — | 24 | #1,453 |
| 1916 | — | — | 21 | #1,563 |
| 1915 | — | — | 25 | #1,351 |
| 1914 | — | — | 19 | #1,406 |
| 1913 | — | — | 17 | #1,275 |
| 1912 | — | — | 13 | #1,377 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,596 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,065 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,444 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,262 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,175 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #983 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,079 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #965 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #829 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,110 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #789 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #707 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,051 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #958 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #850 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,012 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #551 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #668 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #953 |
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).