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How popular is the name Elly?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ellies are alive today.
Elly (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Ellie in England and Wales, ranked 2006th in 2025 and given to 14 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2002, when 59 babies were given the name, the 508th most popular that year. It has declined since 2002; the 2025 figure is roughly 24% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ellie you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Ellies born in England and Wales are between 17 and 26, and there are at least 71,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 20% chance that at least one of them will be called Ellie.
How many babies are named Elly each year?
Includes all spellings: Elly, Ellie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Elly spelling rank?
Where does the Ellie spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Elly most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ellie, peaked in 2003, when 5,183 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Elly spelling itself peaked in 2002, with 59 babies.
How many people are called Elly?
At least 71,000 people named Elly in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Elly?
Most living Ellies are between 17 and 26; the most common age is about 23.
Is Elly becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2003 peak.