Ellery

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ellery: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ellery: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #1,541, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1541highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2013–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2013	#5742
2016	#4096
2017	#4063
2019	#2869
2020	#2615
2021	#2711
2022	#2888
2023	#1575
2024	#1541

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2337 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2013–2024
Highest recorded position: #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2013–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ellery appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 104 births with the name.

Ellery across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ellery's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2337 (1997)	#2248 (2014)	#2443 (2024)	21 of 28	104 (1997–2024)	9 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#5742 (2013)	#1541 (2024)	#1541 (2024)	9 of 12	86 (2013–2024)	20 (2024)

Ellery by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ellery in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010s	51	10 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	31	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ellery appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1541 in England and Wales in 2024.

Ellery's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,541, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ellen · #15, 81y
Ellena · #312, 29y
Elli · #165, 30y
Ellia · #920, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amatullah · #1541, 26y
Bareera · #1541, 18y
Hawaa · #1541, 20y
Jannatul · #1541, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amatullah · #1541, 26y
Ambar · #1541, 29y
Bareera · #1541, 18y
Jannatul · #1541, 25y

Ellery and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ellery without appearing here.

Ellery moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Cooper Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4063 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Ellery

Henrik Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2248 and #2690 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #2020.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #848.
Mathias Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2337 and #2859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #1821.
Leif Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #2636.

Moved the same way as Ellery

Brent Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ellery went from #2337 to #4001 and Brent from #725 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ellery went from #2337 to #4001 and Tor from #1578 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Ellery went from #2337 to #3334 and Brooke from #1174 to #4608.
Kim Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ellery went from #2337 to #4747 and Kim from #1174 to #4747.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1541 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ellery

Ellery at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ellery across 2 official records

Ellery by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ellery appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ellery and the names beside it

Ellery moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ellery

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Ellery at a glance

Ellery across 2 official records

Ellery by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ellery appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ellery and the names beside it

Ellery moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ellery

Moved the same way as Ellery