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Ely
Pronounced /iːli/
Rank in 2024
#3,074
Born in 2024
40
Peak year
2009 · #1151
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 40 boys were named Ely, about 1 in every 42,883.
- It peaked in 2009 with 159 babies, ranked #1151.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 4,422 boys have been named Ely since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ely per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 359 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 162 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 150 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 304 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 631 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,843 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 881 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Inherited from Middle English Ely, from Old English Ēlīġ, of uncertain origin.
- A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /iːli/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ely, CC BY-SA 4.0.