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.

Elly

#2,609 most common girls' name of all time · #4,451 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1921–2025

Rank among girls
#2,609
Rank overall
#4,451 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
4,595
Since 2016
1,339
Peak year
2010 #1,257
Best rank
#1,257 2010
Girls Boys peak 191/yr
19401960198020002020

Elly first appears in 1921. 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 129 129 #1,613
2024 117 117 #1,737
2023 113 113 #1,793
2022 136 136 #1,563
2021 117 117 #1,751
2020 140 140 #1,519
2019 139 139 #1,555
2018 135 135 #1,590
2017 146 146 #1,519
2016 167 167 #1,396
2015 154 154 #1,491
2014 174 174 #1,345
2013 176 176 #1,331
2012 168 168 #1,387
2011 157 157 #1,443
2010 191 191 #1,257
2009 138 5 143 #1,621
2008 122 122 #1,795
2007 133 133 #1,666
2006 130 130 #1,631
2005 114 114 #1,734
2004 122 122 #1,602
2003 100 100 #1,851
2002 101 101 #1,784
2001 76 76 #2,154
2000 62 62 #2,460
1999 86 86 #1,849
1998 33 33 #3,585
1997 37 37 #3,181
1996 36 36 #3,256
1995 29 29 #3,694
1994 31 31 #3,562
1993 39 39 #3,004
1992 32 32 #3,433
1991 29 29 #3,651
1990 28 28 #3,750
1989 36 36 #3,000
1988 18 18 #4,698
1987 19 19 #4,340
1986 25 25 #3,481
1985 20 20 #4,023
1984 16 16 #4,546
1983 12 12 #5,550
1982 23 23 #3,559
1981 29 29 #3,012
1980 33 33 #2,761
1979 30 30 #2,883
1978 20 20 #3,679
1977 19 5 24 #3,797
1976 25 25 #2,958
1975 21 21 #3,310
1974 22 22 #3,138
1973 11 11 #4,985
1972 10 10 #5,201
1971 18 18 #3,565
1970 16 16 #3,769
1969 16 16 #3,522
1968 16 16 #3,375
1967 9 9 #4,756
1966 12 12 #3,826
1965 17 17 #3,093
1964 19 19 #2,959
1963 16 16 #3,241
1962 12 12 #3,882
1961 18 18 #3,003
1960 7 7 #5,385
1959 12 12 #3,714
1958 12 12 #3,645
1957 8 8 #4,713
1956 6 6 #5,601
1955 7 7 #4,964
1954 9 9 #4,143
1953 10 10 #3,830
1952 6 6 #5,228
1951 11 11 #3,394
1950 7 7 #4,544
1949 7 7 #4,479
1947 7 7 #4,589
1942 6 6 #4,451
1940 6 6 #4,194
1931 8 8 #3,459
1929 6 6 #4,483
1928 10 10 #3,147
1927 5 5 #5,393
1926 9 9 #3,542
1925 10 10 #3,355
1924 7 7 #4,378
1922 5 5 #5,589
1921 9 9 #3,659