How Many People Are Named Ely?
people named Ely are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 78,517 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,087 babies named Ely in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
175 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ELI (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ely, 13.9% were girls and 86.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ely rose from 2.6% in the 1910s to 34.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ely alive today is about 22 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ely first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2009, to 175 babies. In 2025, 65 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ely has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #551, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #2,653. Among girls, its best rank was #4,616, in 2022.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,653 | #6,923 |
| Best rank | #551 (1882) | #4,616 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,240 in the 2000s | #5,755 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ely alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ely were born in California than in any other state: about 564 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ely was given 3.2 times as often in New York, 2.5 times in Texas and 2.3 times in California.
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