Is Elli a boy or girl name?

Elli is a girl’s name. Of the 2,798 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 98.8% were girls and 1.2% were boys.

Elli

Recorded 1955–2025 · United States

Elli was most popular in 2014, when 121 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,080 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,203, with 56 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,798 people named Elli.

Elli over time

Births per year. The dot marks Elli’s peak in 2014. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Elli a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elli is a girl’s name — 98.8% of the 2,798 Americans given it were girls and 1.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 98% girls and 2% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Elli

Where Elli is most concentrated

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