Feminine dossier · first seen 1921

Elly

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Elly
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2010

Peak rank proxy

191

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1921Peak 20102024

Peak year

2010

Decline from peak

38.7%

2024

117

All-time

4,456

Elly has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2010, when 191 girls were named Elly.

In 2024, only 117 girls were given the name.

Down 38.7% from its peak.

All told, about 4,456 Americans have been named Elly and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1921.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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