Elli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-ee
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Elli is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
What does Elli mean?
Spelling of Ellie, a short form of Eleanor, Ellen or Elizabeth
Elli is also a German and Finnish short form; in Norse myth Elli, old age in person, wrestles Thor to one knee.
Is Elli a girl's or a boy's name?
Elli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elli in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Elli, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 49 girls.
2025 had more girls named Elli than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Elli in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 574 girls in the UK were given Elli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #106, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Elli in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 36 | #834 |
| 2003 | 49 | #647 |
| 2002 | 48 | #629 |
| 2001 | 45 | #642 |
| 2000 | 30 | #832 |
| 1999 | 38 | #693 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 27 | #895 |
| 1996 | 20 | #1,061 |
How popular is Elli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,957among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Elli, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 121 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Elli in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,476 girls in the US were given Elli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #29, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.
Elli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,856 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,428 |
| 2018 | 83 | #2,217 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,546 |
| 2016 | 96 | #2,054 |
| 2015 | 96 | #2,039 |
| 2014 | 121 | #1,728 |
| 2013 | 94 | #2,052 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 93 | #2,073 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2009 | 103 | #2,005 |
| 2008 | 104 | #2,004 |
| 2007 | 81 | #2,348 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,050 |
| 2005 | 89 | #2,087 |
| 2004 | 109 | #1,755 |
| 2003 | 93 | #1,946 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 53 | #2,637 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
Names like Elli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zoe Chloe Jasmine Emily Emma Hannah Mia Molly Elise Abigail Lily Willow
Other spellings of Elli
Names related to Elli
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, “Elli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elli, updated 20 October 2026.