Recorded 1882–2025 · United States
Ellery was most popular in 2014, when 270 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,810 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,245, with 196 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,005 people named Ellery.
Ellery first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 123 of the 144 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,005 American births named Ellery between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,121 are estimated to be alive today.
196 American babies were named Ellery in 2025, ranking #2,245 that year.
Ellery is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 204 births a year, against 234 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -13% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Ellery is a unisex name — 67.7% of the 7,005 Americans given it were girls and 32.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 1988 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 95% girls and 5% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,121 Americans named Ellery are alive today — 87% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 8 and 27.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org