Ellery

#1,207 for girls in 2025, 188 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 67.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2014 · 256 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,744
since 1959

Ellery over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #1,018, 2014peak #725, 1897girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,207188#8,9108
2024#1,331172#5,24118
2023#1,212196#8,2559
2022#1,199201#7,26211
2021#1,148213#10,7996
2020#1,145207#8,0679
2019#1,193197#8,2159
2018#1,310174#7,13611
2017#1,165211#7,54610
2016#1,241196#7,15711
2015#1,038256#5,99914
2014#1,018256#5,99714
2013#1,220197#9,6557
2012#1,210202#5,25617
2011#1,217197#7,50210
2010#1,274187#6,35913
2009#1,383171#8,9858
2008#1,605141#4,90119
2007#1,526151#7,59010
2006#1,424159#7,9989
2005#1,553131#5,03416
2004#2,26477#11,3565
2003#2,36870#5,87712
2002#2,58260#6,52210
2001#3,36840#5,66712
2000#3,02046#4,20418
1999#3,18840#5,03513
1998#2,84646#6,8438
1997#3,03639#4,66813
1996#3,23736#5,53510
1995#3,49231#3,19121
1994#3,70429#4,09415
1993#3,42232#3,50118
1992#5,05119#4,11414
1991#3,72228#3,81315
1990#3,90926#3,30918
1989#5,04917#4,27112
1988#5,06516#3,35015
1987#6,33511#2,11528
1986#7,7498#3,00516
1985#7,5638#2,42721
1984#9,1446#1,84230
1983#8,0477#1,86429
1982—#2,11125
1981#10,4115#2,20423
1980—#3,25613
1979#10,2105#2,04825
1978#6,3859#2,06823
1977#5,88810#2,00824
1976—#1,34643
1975#9,0675#1,70429
1974—#2,94612
1973#8,4235#1,92822
1972—#1,81924
1971—#1,98721
1970—#1,74325
1969—#2,21715
1968—#1,69522
1967—#2,35212
1966—#1,61323
1965—#1,42929
1964#6,7675#1,72921
1963—#1,33834
1962—#1,89618
1961—#1,40632
1960—#1,17844
1959#6,2455#95065
1958—#1,39631
1957—#1,63424
1956—#1,17142
1955—#1,24037
1954—#1,52525
1953—#1,55124
1952—#1,46127
1951—#1,55323
1950—#1,46425
1949—#1,94115
1948—#1,32330
1947—#1,25234
1946—#1,50922
1945—#1,63317
1944—#1,68317
1943—#1,46123
1942—#1,42124
1941—#1,58819
1940—#1,39723
1939—#1,87914
1938—#1,43922
1937—#1,99213
1936—#2,30110
1935—#2,02913
1934—#1,65818
1933—#1,90514
1932—#2,31311
1931—#1,69318
1930—#1,88916
1929—#2,31712
1928—#1,41327
1927—#1,46826
1926—#1,56523
1925—#1,67921
1924—#1,67522
1923—#1,64422
1922—#1,43427
1921—#1,47526
1920—#1,82019
1919—#2,06315
1918—#1,59622
1917—#1,64320
1916—#1,77117
1915—#1,78216
1914—#1,44118
1913—#1,9459
1912—#1,52711
1911—#1,1909
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First appearance
1959

The first year at least five girls were named Ellery! It came in at #6,245, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1959–1976, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ellery is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #427 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,805 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedWIMichigan: #520 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,366 girlsMINew York: #957 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,305 girlsNYMassachusetts: #580 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,983 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedINOhio: #809 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,355 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,104 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,907 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,042 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,807 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,550 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 11,614 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedUTColorado: #686 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,078 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,161 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,828 girlsVAMaryland: #714 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,188 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedARTennessee: #1,101 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,073 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #726 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,636 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #763 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,461 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ellery, so not publishedHITexas: #1,541 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 10,924 girlsTXFlorida: #1,748 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,409 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#427 · 1 in 1,805
  2. Michigan#520 · 1 in 2,366
  3. Massachusetts#580 · 1 in 2,983
  4. Colorado#686 · 1 in 3,078
  5. Maryland#714 · 1 in 3,188

Best ever in a state: #363 in Connecticut, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#427121 in 1,805
Michigan#520161 in 2,366
Massachusetts#58081 in 2,983
Colorado#68671 in 3,078
Maryland#71471 in 3,188
North Carolina#726121 in 3,636
South Carolina#76351 in 3,461
Ohio#809111 in 4,355
New York#957151 in 5,305
New Jersey#1,04261 in 5,807
Tennessee#1,10151 in 6,073
Pennsylvania#1,10471 in 6,907
Virginia#1,16151 in 6,828
Texas#1,541141 in 10,924
California#1,550151 in 11,614
Florida#1,74861 in 13,409
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ellery
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 124 spots since 2024 (#1,331 → #1,207)
  • 62 spots since 2020 (#1,145 → #1,207)
  • 169 spots since 2015 (#1,038 → #1,207)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1959
  • Peaked 2014 at #1,018 (256 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,973
  • Highest: 1 in 6,973 girls born in 2015 were named Ellery (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,549 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #1,018 in 2014, was only 1 in 6,978 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 43.7% of all girls named Ellery (2,073) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1988
  • Mostly boys until 1987, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#6,245 (1959)#6,245
1960s5#6,767 (1964)#6,767
1970s34#5,888 (1977)#7,995
1980s78#5,049 (1989)#7,420
1990s326#2,846 (1998)#3,561
2000s1,046#1,383 (2009)#2,109
2010s2,073#1,018 (2014)#1,189
2020s1,177#1,145 (2020)#1,207

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ellery in 2020

girls
#1,145
207 births · 1 in 7,809 girls
boys
#8,067
9 births · 1 in 191,786 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #1,145Ellery207

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #8,067Ellery9
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 7,809 of them was named Ellery, which outranked 93.5% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ellery
  1. #1,140Janessa208
  2. #1,140Kassandra208
  3. #1,140Sharon208
  4. #1,145Ellery207
  5. #1,145Devyn207
  6. #1,145Kaylin207
  7. #1,145Shea207
  8. #1,149Colbie206
  9. #1,149Emiliana206
  10. #1,149Tinley206

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 191,786 of them was named Ellery, which outranked 42.6% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ellery
  1. #7,502Zohaib10
  2. #7,502Zoltan10
  3. #7,502Zyden10
  4. #8,067Ellery9
  5. #8,067Aadarsh9
  6. #8,067Aadhi9
  7. #8,067Aadish9
  8. #8,739Aadith8
  9. #8,739Aadithya8
  10. #8,739Aarushreddy8

Tied with 671 names at #8,067; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2020 →