Ellerie
Feminine
Ellerie is a recent American name with a real English neighbor: Ellery, a surname that descends, improbably, from Hilary — the Latin word for cheerful.
How old is the name Ellerie?
Ellerie first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Ellerie is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Ellerie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ellerie most popular?
Ellerie peaked in 2024, reaching #2327 nationally. Today it ranks #3712, 1,385 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ellerie
Ours, offered as ours. Ellery is a genuinely odd surname to trace: it comes from Hilary, which is Latin for cheerful, by way of a medieval English habit of dropping unstressed opening syllables — the same habit that turned Isabel out of Elizabeth. Ellerie may descend from it or may be Elle with a decorative ending. Either way there is a Latin word for cheerfulness at the far end, and the route is more entertaining than the destination.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established for this spelling. The English surname Ellery is generally traced to Hilary, from Latin hilaris, cheerful, worn down through medieval English pronunciation. Whether Ellerie descends from it or was built from Elle and an -erie ending is not recorded.
Pronouncing Ellerie
EL-uh-ree
Three syllables, first stressed. Ellerie and Ellery are said identically.
Nicknames for Ellerie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1998
- Most girls named
- 202479 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2327reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −49.4%40 in 2025, from 79
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ellerie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ellery in English — related form
- Hilary in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Michigan.
Elleries among us
people named Ellerie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 40,182 born in 2025 was named Ellerie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Gwendlyn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ellerie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gwendlyn climbed just as high around 1952, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gwendlyn's path sketches the road Ellerie is walking now.
Ellerie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ellerie is headed
Ellerie looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 53% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ellerie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ellerie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Elle and Ellie are both complete short forms in current use.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Rare in the records, so it stays distinct on a class list.
- Ellery is the documented spelling and will be assumed by people who know it.
- Ellie is shared with so many current names that the short form will not distinguish her.
- There is no documented meaning for this spelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Elleries are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Ellerie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ellerie in 2025?
- Ellerie ranks #3712 among US girl names in 2025, with 40 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ellerie?
- About 1 in every 40,182 US girls born in 2025 was named Ellerie — 40 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ellerie with classmates?
- Ellerie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ellerie
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