Ellery
Ellery was given to 188 girls in 2025, #1,208 among girls’ names; 7,005 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,090 Americans named Ellery and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 8 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ellery by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ellery mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ellery is “a female given name.”
Also “an English surname transferred from the given name, variant of Hilary or Eulalie.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ellery?
#1,208 among girls’ names, 2025
Ellery fell from #1,041 in 2015 to #1,208 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.14 to 0.12 per 1,000.
270 babies in 2014, the peak
Ellery peaked in 2014, when 270 babies were given it (256 girls, #1,020 among girls’ names). The 196 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 73% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 188 | #1,208 | 8 | #9,145 |
| 2024 | 172 | #1,332 | 18 | #5,295 |
| 2023 | 196 | #1,212 | 9 | #8,434 |
| 2022 | 201 | #1,203 | 11 | #7,399 |
| 2021 | 213 | #1,150 | 6 | #11,153 |
| 2020 | 207 | #1,146 | 9 | #8,253 |
| 2019 | 197 | #1,193 | 9 | #8,396 |
| 2018 | 174 | #1,310 | 11 | #7,267 |
| 2017 | 211 | #1,168 | 10 | #7,740 |
| 2016 | 196 | #1,244 | 11 | #7,278 |
Every recorded year (123)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 256 | #1,041 | 14 | #6,074 |
| 2014 | 256 | #1,020 | 14 | #6,083 |
| 2013 | 197 | #1,223 | 7 | #9,962 |
| 2012 | 202 | #1,210 | 17 | #5,309 |
| 2011 | 197 | #1,218 | 10 | #7,652 |
| 2010 | 187 | #1,274 | 13 | #6,451 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,385 | 8 | #9,227 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,608 | 19 | #4,945 |
| 2007 | 151 | #1,526 | 10 | #7,755 |
| 2006 | 159 | #1,426 | 9 | #8,191 |
| 2005 | 131 | #1,557 | 16 | #5,096 |
| 2004 | 77 | #2,266 | 5 | #11,886 |
| 2003 | 70 | #2,372 | 12 | #5,975 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,584 | 10 | #6,680 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,381 | 12 | #5,774 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,034 | 18 | #4,253 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,198 | 13 | #5,114 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,854 | 8 | #7,037 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,050 | 13 | #4,738 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,247 | 10 | #5,651 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,513 | 21 | #3,221 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,721 | 15 | #4,147 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,442 | 18 | #3,539 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,107 | 14 | #4,169 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,743 | 15 | #3,862 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,929 | 18 | #3,349 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,104 | 12 | #4,344 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,121 | 15 | #3,397 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,442 | 28 | #2,132 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,952 | 16 | #3,037 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,777 | 21 | #2,446 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,468 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,289 | 29 | #1,871 |
| 1982 | under 5 | 25 | #2,130 | |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,876 | 23 | #2,220 |
| 1980 | under 5 | 13 | #3,310 | |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,648 | 25 | #2,064 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,542 | 23 | #2,091 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,002 | 24 | #2,025 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 43 | #1,360 | |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,483 | 29 | #1,721 |
| 1974 | under 5 | 12 | #3,001 | |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,802 | 22 | #1,943 |
| 1972 | under 5 | 24 | #1,836 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 21 | #1,999 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 25 | #1,759 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 15 | #2,242 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 22 | #1,705 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 12 | #2,393 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 23 | #1,625 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 29 | #1,439 | |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,057 | 21 | #1,751 |
| 1963 | under 5 | 34 | #1,342 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 18 | #1,910 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 32 | #1,413 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 44 | #1,181 | |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,524 | 65 | #956 |
| 1958 | under 5 | 31 | #1,404 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 24 | #1,644 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 42 | #1,176 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 37 | #1,241 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 25 | #1,533 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 24 | #1,557 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 27 | #1,467 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 23 | #1,565 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 25 | #1,480 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 15 | #1,967 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 30 | #1,331 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 34 | #1,258 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 22 | #1,527 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 17 | #1,647 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 17 | #1,698 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 23 | #1,470 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 24 | #1,431 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 19 | #1,603 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 23 | #1,413 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 14 | #1,904 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 22 | #1,452 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 13 | #2,022 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 10 | #2,336 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 13 | #2,064 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 18 | #1,680 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 14 | #1,933 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 11 | #2,366 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 18 | #1,719 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 16 | #1,911 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 12 | #2,357 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 27 | #1,426 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 26 | #1,485 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 23 | #1,578 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 21 | #1,698 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 22 | #1,691 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 22 | #1,656 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 27 | #1,441 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 26 | #1,487 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 19 | #1,838 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 15 | #2,089 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 22 | #1,617 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 20 | #1,659 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 17 | #1,790 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 16 | #1,811 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 18 | #1,456 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 9 | #1,987 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 11 | #1,555 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 9 | #1,215 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 9 | #968 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 7 | #997 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 7 | #1,077 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 5 | #1,177 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 9 | #744 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 5 | #1,086 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 5 | #1,014 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 5 | #977 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Ellery a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,005 Americans recorded as Ellery, 68% are girls and 32% boys. In 2025 it went to 188 girls and 8 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ellery: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ellery, and how old are they?
6,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 7,005 Americans ever recorded as Ellery. The median Ellery alive today is 15 years old; half are between 8 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 4,933 people named Ellery (3,579 women and girls, 1,354 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,038 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 64 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 392 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 352 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 566 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,930 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,780 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ellery born?
The states with the most babies named Ellery are California, Michigan and North Carolina, with 29% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 16 | #1,430 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 14 | #563 | 1.6× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #797 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 11 | #1,947 | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 8 | #831 | 0.5× |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #702 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 7 | #971 | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 7 | #653 | 0.1× |
| Minnesota | 6 | #761 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,292 | 0.4× |
Where Ellery is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ellery is most over-represented in Michigan: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ellery with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 10,192 babies since 1880, Ellery is the most given (69% of them). In 2025 it was given to 196 of their 400 babies (49%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ellery
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ellery and names like it
- Compare Ellery and ElloraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEllery peaked in 2014.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ellery since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Ellery: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Ellery.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ellery alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.