Girls' name · since 1996
Elley
Elley has 374 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,078 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,117 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 374
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
374 babies have been named Elley since 1996, making it today's #8117 girls' name.
Elley has 374 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8117 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #14,078 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,117 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 374 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elley ranks #14,078 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,117 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 374 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,078 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,117 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 374
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elley's 374 recorded births place it above 80.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Elley compares
374 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elley's all-time total is 1% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 374 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elley splits its recorded history at 2012: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Elley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (154 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Elley's strongest decade.
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Elley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
130 births
- 2010s
2010s
154 births
- 2020s
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 154 births (41% of all-time use).
Elley by state
Where Elley concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 374 births nationwide.
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- Elley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (154 total births) through the 2020s (78) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Elleys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.