Elody
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-oh-dee
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,354 for girls
Elody is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 2,354th for girls in the US (77 babies).
What does Elody mean?
French: spelling of Élodie, the French form of Alodia
Élodie comes from Alodia, a 9th-century Spanish saint martyred with her sister Nunilo.
Is Elody a girl's or a boy's name?
Elody is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 77 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elody in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 127% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Elody, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elody in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Elody in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Elody in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,354th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 231% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were named Elody, making it the 2,354th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had the most girls named Elody of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Elody in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Elody or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #2,354 for this spelling alone.
- Elody 77
- Ellidy 8
Elody in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #2,354 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
Names like Elody
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Everly, Maeva, Romilly, Tilly, Fiadh, Esme, Eden, Elowyn, Poppy, Orla, Ivy, Nova
Other spellings of Elody
Ellidy
Names related to Elody
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
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, “Elody: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elody, updated 20 October 2026.