Ellery
- Gender
- Unisex
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,207 for girls
Unisex
Ellery is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 1,207th for girls in the US (188 babies).
What does Ellery mean?
English
An English surname transferred from the given name, variant of Hilary or Eulalie.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ellery a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ellery has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 5 boys in the UK and 188 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Ellery in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Ellery, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 girls. 5 boys were also named Ellery in 2025 (3,747th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ellery in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 63 girls in the UK were given Ellery or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #609, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Ellery in the UK in 2017, and 69% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Ellery in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Ellery in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,207among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 188about 1 in 8,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 188 girls in the US were named Ellery, making it the 1,207th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,145th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 256 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959. 8 boys were also named Ellery in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ellery in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 243 girls in the US were given Ellery or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #1,207 for this spelling alone.
In 1959, 7% of the babies named Ellery in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 96%, with more girls than boys since 1988.
Ellery in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 188 | #1,207 |
| 2024 | 172 | #1,331 |
| 2023 | 196 | #1,212 |
| 2022 | 201 | #1,199 |
| 2021 | 213 | #1,148 |
| 2020 | 207 | #1,145 |
| 2019 | 197 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 174 | #1,310 |
| 2017 | 211 | #1,165 |
| 2016 | 196 | #1,241 |
| 2015 | 256 | #1,038 |
| 2014 | 256 | #1,018 |
| 2013 | 197 | #1,220 |
| 2012 | 202 | #1,210 |
| 2011 | 197 | #1,217 |
| 2010 | 187 | #1,274 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,383 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,605 |
| 2007 | 151 | #1,526 |
| 2006 | 159 | #1,424 |
| 2005 | 131 | #1,553 |
| 2004 | 77 | #2,261 |
| 2003 | 70 | #2,365 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,579 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,843 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
Names like Ellery
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivy Everly Lily Harper Felicity Willow Avery Poppy Ember Elodie Riley Emilia
Other spellings of Ellery
Names related to Ellery
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Daisy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison River Ellie Frankie
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, “Ellery: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellery, updated 20 October 2026.