Elley — #8643 US girls' name
361 babies named Elley in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Elley was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Elley in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elley
The Social Security Administration has registered 361 babies named Elley between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elley currently holds the #8643 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Elley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 361 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Elley at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Elley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2008)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #8643 among girls.
361 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 22 births in a single year.
Elley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 154 births that decade — 43% of Elley's all-time total
Elley decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 130 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Elley's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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 | 1.4% |
5 of 361 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.