Ellory
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-or-ee
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,326 for girls
Ellory is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “cheerful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).
What does Ellory mean?
Latin: variant of Ellery, an English surname derived from Hilary
“cheerful”
Ellery comes from a medieval English form of Hilary, from Latin hilaris, 'cheerful'.
Is Ellory a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellory is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 78 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ellory in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Ellory, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Ellory of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Ellory or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Ellory in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
How popular is Ellory in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,326among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Ellory, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 104 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Ellory in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 176 girls in the US were given Ellory or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,154, up from #2,326 for this spelling alone.
Ellory in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 104 | #1,913 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,288 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,894 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,112 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Nicknames for Ellory
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Ellory
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emily Everly Cecily Emery Rosemary Lucy Cicely Lily Emilia Ivy Ginny Avery
Other spellings of Ellory
Names related to Ellory
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Max Nova Julian Clara Anthony Austin
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, “Ellory: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellory, updated 20 October 2026.