Ely is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4680 for boy births in the United States, given to 65 babies. Ely first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2009 (175 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #4,680 |
| 2024 | 69 | #4,551 |
| 2023 | 74 | #4,323 |
| 2022 | 69 | #4,551 |
| 2021 | 71 | #4,406 |
| 2020 | 64 | #4,656 |
| 2019 | 98 | #3,570 |
| 2018 | 101 | #3,512 |
| 2017 | 101 | #3,497 |
| 2016 | 120 | #3,142 |
| 2015 | 135 | #2,876 |
| 2014 | 129 | #2,968 |
| 2013 | 142 | #2,751 |
| 2012 | 155 | #2,594 |
| 2011 | 168 | #2,443 |
| 2010 | 158 | #2,576 |
| 2009 | 175 | #2,409 |
| 2008 | 170 | #2,462 |
| 2007 | 164 | #2,516 |
| 2006 | 160 | #2,489 |
| 2005 | 165 | #2,331 |
| 2004 | 160 | #2,324 |
| 2003 | 101 | #3,155 |
| 2002 | 103 | #3,026 |
| 2001 | 99 | #3,082 |
| 2000 | 100 | #2,993 |
| 1999 | 75 | #3,471 |
| 1998 | 62 | #3,871 |
| 1997 | 64 | #3,653 |
| 1996 | 43 | #4,667 |
| 1995 | 49 | #4,213 |
| 1994 | 40 | #4,854 |
| 1993 | 55 | #3,840 |
| 1992 | 53 | #3,971 |
| 1991 | 65 | #3,400 |
| 1990 | 53 | #3,806 |
| 1989 | 49 | #3,844 |
| 1988 | 33 | #4,797 |
| 1987 | 29 | #4,992 |
| 1986 | 39 | #3,994 |
| 1985 | 33 | #4,427 |
| 1984 | 36 | #4,054 |
| 1983 | 38 | #3,841 |
| 1982 | 33 | #4,336 |
| 1981 | 39 | #3,851 |
| 1980 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 1979 | 34 | #4,133 |
| 1978 | 34 | #3,964 |
| 1977 | 31 | #4,198 |
| 1976 | 29 | #4,219 |
| 1975 | 21 | #5,152 |
| 1974 | 22 | #4,863 |
| 1973 | 17 | #5,617 |
| 1972 | 12 | #6,866 |
| 1971 | 19 | #5,214 |
| 1970 | 16 | #5,637 |
| 1969 | 12 | #6,286 |
| 1968 | 11 | #6,333 |
| 1967 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1966 | 7 | #7,808 |
| 1965 | 6 | #8,520 |
| 1963 | 10 | #6,418 |
| 1962 | 8 | #7,253 |
| 1961 | 11 | #6,054 |
| 1959 | 8 | #6,987 |
| 1958 | 10 | #6,050 |
| 1957 | 8 | #6,912 |
| 1956 | 10 | #6,021 |
| 1955 | 6 | #7,920 |
| 1954 | 8 | #6,610 |
| 1953 | 6 | #7,682 |
| 1952 | 7 | #6,900 |
| 1951 | 13 | #4,718 |
| 1950 | 8 | #6,165 |
| 1949 | 9 | #5,723 |
| 1948 | 10 | #5,357 |
| 1947 | 12 | #4,936 |
| 1946 | 6 | #6,872 |
| 1945 | 8 | #5,458 |
| 1944 | 11 | #4,584 |
| 1943 | 6 | #6,684 |
| 1942 | 9 | #5,228 |
| 1941 | 5 | #7,097 |
| 1940 | 8 | #5,313 |
| 1939 | 15 | #3,653 |
| 1938 | 6 | #6,306 |
| 1937 | 7 | #5,706 |
| 1935 | 7 | #5,767 |
| 1934 | 16 | #3,532 |
| 1933 | 15 | #3,616 |
| 1932 | 8 | #5,538 |
| 1931 | 11 | #4,503 |
| 1930 | 5 | #7,641 |
| 1929 | 12 | #4,504 |
| 1928 | 13 | #4,393 |
| 1927 | 16 | #4,002 |
| 1926 | 11 | #4,989 |
| 1925 | 16 | #4,019 |
| 1924 | 22 | #3,349 |
| 1923 | 15 | #4,217 |
| 1922 | 19 | #3,649 |
| 1921 | 21 | #3,463 |
| 1920 | 25 | #3,033 |
| 1919 | 20 | #3,358 |
| 1918 | 37 | #2,261 |
| 1917 | 24 | #2,861 |
| 1916 | 21 | #3,094 |
| 1915 | 25 | #2,657 |
| 1914 | 19 | #2,746 |
| 1913 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1912 | 13 | #2,747 |
| 1911 | 6 | #3,436 |
| 1910 | 10 | #2,434 |
| 1908 | 5 | #3,212 |
| 1906 | 6 | #2,680 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,877 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,742 |
| 1901 | 6 | #2,295 |
| 1900 | 7 | #2,448 |
| 1899 | 6 | #2,218 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,994 |
| 1897 | 5 | #2,456 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,840 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,715 |
| 1890 | 5 | #2,223 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,829 |
| 1886 | 5 | #2,009 |
| 1882 | 12 | #1,106 |
| 1881 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,792 |