Ely

Where Ely comes from

Inherited from Middle English Ely, from Old English Ēlīġ, of uncertain origin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ely
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #540
    12 babies named Ely — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1921
    Ely do Amparo born
    Brazilian footballer
  5. 1953
    Ely Ould Mohamed Vall born
    Mauritanian President
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Ely Ould Mohamed Vall · Mauritanian President, 1953–2017
  • Ely do Amparo · Brazilian footballer, 1921–1991
  • Ely Tacchella · Swiss footballer, 1936–2017
  • Ely S. Parker · Union Army officer and a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1828–1895
  • Ely Galleani · Italian actress, active years 1970 to 1978, born 1953

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.