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Elly

Gender
Girl
Say it
EL-ee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#2,076 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,611 for girls

Elly is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 1,611th for girls in the US (129 babies).

What does Elly mean?

English: pet form of Eleanor, Ellen and Elizabeth

Spelling of Ellie, a pet form of names such as Eleanor, Ellen and Elizabeth.

Is Elly a girl's or a boy's name?

Elly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 129 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elly in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,076th among girls
Babies in 2025
14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Elly, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 62 girls.

2025 had more girls named Elly than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Elly in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. 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 Elly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #106, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 62 in 20022025
Elly in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#2,076
202410#2,644
20234#4,915
20229#2,805
202113#2,202
202020#1,587
201911#2,420
20189#2,825
201713#2,210
201615#2,015
201513#2,186
201424#1,418
201316#1,874
201219#1,681
201111#2,393
201020#1,575
200920#1,507
200820#1,499
200722#1,327
200625#1,153
200535#863
200442#731
200349#647
200262#531
200133#800
200036#731
199940#676
199838#717
199725#940
199629#837

How popular is Elly in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,611th among girls
Babies in 2025
129 about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 129 girls in the US were named Elly, making it the 1,611th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,518th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 191 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.

Half of all the girls named Elly in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 6,476 girls in the US were given Elly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #29, up from #1,611 for this spelling alone.

1921Busiest: 191 in 20102025
Elly in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025129#1,611
2024117#1,732
2023113#1,792
2022136#1,560
2021117#1,750
2020140#1,518
2019139#1,548
2018135#1,590
2017146#1,515
2016167#1,394
2015154#1,488
2014174#1,345
2013176#1,328
2012168#1,384
2011157#1,440
2010191#1,253
2009138#1,620
2008122#1,789
2007133#1,666
2006130#1,627
2005114#1,730
2004122#1,600
2003100#1,844
2002101#1,778
200176#2,147
200062#2,453
199986#1,841
199833#3,570
199737#3,158
199636#3,232
199529#3,665
199431#3,531
199339#2,985
199232#3,413
199129#3,627
199028#3,709
198936#2,980
198818#4,648
198719#4,280
198625#3,457
198520#3,982
198416#4,477
198312#5,456
198223#3,529
198129#2,986
198033#2,749
197930#2,860
197820#3,637
197719#3,760
197625#2,931
197521#3,259
197422#3,110
197311#4,869
197210#5,108
197118#3,507
197016#3,711
196916#3,460
196816#3,314
19679#4,624
196612#3,739
196517#3,049
196419#2,914
196316#3,175
196212#3,781
196118#2,956
19607#5,167
195912#3,618
195812#3,542
19578#4,535
19566#5,324
19557#4,739
19549#3,965
195310#3,686
19526#4,906
195111#3,283
19507#4,313
19497#4,234
19480–
19477#4,343
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19426#4,122
19410–
19406#3,861
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19318#3,224
19300–
19296#4,051
192810#2,952
19275#4,803
19269#3,268
192510#3,115
19247#4,000
19230–
19225#5,007
19219#3,399

Names like Elly

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lily, Emily, Molly, Holly, Ivy, Zoe, Willow, Jasmine, Scarlett, Chloe, Sydney, Poppy

Other spellings of Elly

Ellie, Elli, Ellee, Elleigh, Elley, Elie

Names related to Elly

Ella, Elle, Elya, Ely

More English names

Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River

Every English name

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, “Elly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elly, updated 20 October 2026.