Elley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Elley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Elley mean?
English: spelling of Ellie, a short form of Eleanor or Elizabeth
A variant spelling of Ellie, which began as a pet form of names such as Eleanor, Ellen and Elizabeth.
Is Elley a girl's or a boy's name?
Elley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elley in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elley in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Elley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Elley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Elley, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Elley in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,476 girls in the US were given Elley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #29, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Elley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
Names like Elley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellie, Lily, Riley, Harper, Emma, Zoe, Ivy, Chloe, Harley, Sydney, Willow, Evie
Other spellings of Elley
Names related to Elley
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, 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, “Elley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elley, updated 20 October 2026.