Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ellery**

#2,010 most common girls' name of all time · #3,430 across all names · 32% boys / 68% girls · used 1882–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#2,010
Rank overall
#3,430 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
7,005
Since 2016
2,057
Peak year
2014 #1,018
Best rank
#1,018 2014
Girls Boys peak 270/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ellery first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 188 8 196 #1,207
2024 172 18 190 #1,331
2023 196 9 205 #1,213
2022 201 11 212 #1,199
2021 213 6 219 #1,148
2020 207 9 216 #1,145
2019 197 9 206 #1,193
2018 174 11 185 #1,311
2017 211 10 221 #1,166
2016 196 11 207 #1,244
2015 256 14 270 #1,038
2014 256 14 270 #1,018
2013 197 7 204 #1,221
2012 202 17 219 #1,210
2011 197 10 207 #1,219
2010 187 13 200 #1,274
2009 171 8 179 #1,385
2008 141 19 160 #1,607
2007 151 10 161 #1,528
2006 159 9 168 #1,424
2005 131 16 147 #1,556
2004 77 5 82 #2,267
2003 70 12 82 #2,369
2002 60 10 70 #2,582
2001 40 12 52 #3,371
2000 46 18 64 #3,022
1999 40 13 53 #3,192
1998 46 8 54 #2,852
1997 39 13 52 #3,042
1996 36 10 46 #3,244
1995 31 21 52 #3,500
1994 29 15 44 #3,711
1993 32 18 50 #3,433
1992 19 14 33 #5,073
1991 28 15 43 #3,728
1990 26 18 44 #3,914
1989 17 12 29 #5,068
1988 16 15 31 #5,089
1987 11 28 39 #6,359
1986 8 16 24 #7,790
1985 8 21 29 #7,603
1984 6 30 36 #9,187
1983 7 29 36 #8,092
1982 — 25 25 —
1981 5 23 28 #10,478
1980 — 13 13 —
1979 5 25 30 #10,269
1978 9 23 32 #6,419
1977 10 24 34 #5,914
1976 — 43 43 —
1975 5 29 34 #9,134
1974 — 12 12 —
1973 5 22 27 #8,484
1972 — 24 24 —
1971 — 21 21 —
1970 — 25 25 —
1969 — 15 15 —
1968 — 22 22 —
1967 — 12 12 —
1966 — 23 23 —
1965 — 29 29 —
1964 5 21 26 #6,818
1963 — 34 34 —
1962 — 18 18 —
1961 — 32 32 —
1960 — 44 44 —
1959 5 65 70 #6,304
1958 — 31 31 —
1957 — 24 24 —
1956 — 42 42 —
1955 — 37 37 —
1954 — 25 25 —
1953 — 24 24 —
1952 — 27 27 —
1951 — 23 23 —
1950 — 25 25 —
1949 — 15 15 —
1948 — 30 30 —
1947 — 34 34 —
1946 — 22 22 —
1945 — 17 17 —
1944 — 17 17 —
1943 — 23 23 —
1942 — 24 24 —
1941 — 19 19 —
1940 — 23 23 —
1939 — 14 14 —
1938 — 22 22 —
1937 — 13 13 —
1936 — 10 10 —
1935 — 13 13 —
1934 — 18 18 —
1933 — 14 14 —
1932 — 11 11 —
1931 — 18 18 —
1930 — 16 16 —
1929 — 12 12 —
1928 — 27 27 —
1927 — 26 26 —
1926 — 23 23 —
1925 — 21 21 —
1924 — 22 22 —
1923 — 22 22 —
1922 — 27 27 —
1921 — 26 26 —
1920 — 19 19 —
1919 — 15 15 —
1918 — 22 22 —
1917 — 20 20 —
1916 — 17 17 —
1915 — 16 16 —
1914 — 18 18 —
1913 — 9 9 —
1912 — 11 11 —
1911 — 9 9 —
1908 — 9 9 —
1904 — 7 7 —
1900 — 7 7 —
1898 — 5 5 —
1897 — 9 9 —
1893 — 5 5 —
1884 — 5 5 —
1882 — 5 5 —