Elli Girl
How popular is Elli?
#2,957 girl name in 2025
56 baby girls were named Elli in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
Elli popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,957 for girls (▼ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 56 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,039 in 2015, #2,441 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (121 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,728 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1955 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elli counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ellie family of names ranked #32 for girls in 2025 (#33 the year before), with 6,466 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ellie | 6,176 | 96% |
| Elly | 129 | 2% |
| Elli | 56 | 1% |
| Ellee | 48 | 1% |
| Elleigh | 38 | 1% |
| Elley | 13 | 0% |
| Elee | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elli is most popular
Babies named Elli per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Elli by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21 | #5,207 |
| 1960s | 32 | #4,532 |
| 1970s | 75 | #4,719 |
| 1980s | 116 | #4,004 |
| 1990s | 317 | #2,637 |
| 2000s | 880 | #1,755 |
| 2010s | 947 | #1,728 |
| 2020s | 375 | #2,441 |
Girl names about as popular as Elli
Questions
- Is Elli a boy or girl name?
- Elli is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Elli were girls.
- How popular is the name Elli?
- 56 baby girls were named Elli in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
- When was Elli most popular?
- Elli peaked in 2014, when 121 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,728 in 2014.
- How many people are named Elli?
- 2,798 babies have been named Elli in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,764 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Elli most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elli was most common in Ohio, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.