Eleri
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LER-ee
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #801 for girls
Eleri is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 801st for girls in the UK (49 babies).
What does Eleri mean?
Welsh: from the name of a Welsh river
Taken from the River Eleri, or Leri, in Ceredigion, west Wales.
Is Eleri a girl's or a boy's name?
Eleri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eleri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #801among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the UK were named Eleri, making it the 801st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 877th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 53 girls.
Half of all the girls named Eleri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 63 girls in the UK were given Eleri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #609, up from #801 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 747th in England and Wales.
Eleri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #801 |
| 2024 | 53 | #771 |
| 2023 | 45 | #856 |
| 2022 | 48 | #806 |
| 2021 | 53 | #768 |
| 2020 | 44 | #877 |
| 2019 | 41 | #942 |
| 2018 | 43 | #923 |
| 2017 | 47 | #883 |
| 2016 | 45 | #901 |
| 2015 | 46 | #878 |
| 2014 | 42 | #951 |
| 2013 | 37 | #1,044 |
| 2012 | 47 | #866 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 36 | #1,004 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 39 | #908 |
| 2007 | 40 | #868 |
| 2006 | 45 | #757 |
| 2005 | 36 | #845 |
| 2004 | 35 | #853 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 32 | #829 |
| 2001 | 30 | #857 |
| 2000 | 33 | #772 |
| 1999 | 27 | #893 |
| 1998 | 36 | #741 |
| 1997 | 33 | #788 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Eleri in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Eleri in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eleri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Eleri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliza Elodie Eleni Amelie Emilia Fatima Eliana Elora Arabella Harper Leilani Delilah
Other spellings of Eleri
Names related to Eleri
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eleri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eleri, updated 20 October 2026.