Ellory
Feminine · “cheerful”
Ellory respells Ellery, which is from Hilary — cheerful, in Latin — the same root as hilarious.
How old is the name Ellory?
Ellory first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Ellory is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Ellory are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ellory most popular?
Ellory peaked in 2024, reaching #1913 nationally. Today it ranks #2326, 413 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From hilaris to Ellory
The story of Ellory
Hilaris gives hilarious and the Roman festival of Hilaria; Saint Hilary of Poitiers is remembered in the Hilary term at Oxford and Dublin. Ellery is the English surname descended from it, made familiar by a fictional detective. Ellory is a modern respelling and appears in American records in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
cheerful, merry
Through Ellery, generally from Hilary, from the Latin hilaris, 'cheerful' — the root of hilarious. An alternative derives Ellery from a place name. The Hilary route is the commoner account and the Latin is documented.
How the name formed
- hilaris
- Hilary
- Ellery
- Ellory
Related forms: Ellery · Hilary
Pronouncing Ellory
EL-uh-ree
Three syllables, stress on the first. Ellory and Ellery are said identically.
Nicknames for Ellory
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
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 2024104 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1913reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −25.0%78 in 2025, from 104
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.
Ellory in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ellery in English — spelling variant
- Hilary in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Michigan, Texas, California.
Ellorys among us
people named Ellory are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 20,606 born in 2025 was named Ellory
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Ellory
- #2326
- Ellory on the 2025 chart
- #867
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ellory went to 78 girls in 2025, but Ellori and Elori are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 93, which makes it the 867th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,459 places above the chart.
- Ellory78
- Ellori8
- Elori7
About 1 girl in 17,282 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,606 for Ellory itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kamaya test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ellory's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kamaya climbed just as high around 2008, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kamaya's path sketches the road Ellory is walking now.
Ellory 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 Ellory is headed
Ellory looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 58% 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.
Ellory beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ellory in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That 'hilarious' shares the root is a first-rate etymology.
- Elle and Rory are two short forms, both with real records.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- Ellery is the standard spelling.
- The origin is not fully settled between two routes.
- It will be respelled by other people constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ellorys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Ellory are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Ellory?
- Ellory is the most-used spelling in US records — 78 of the 93 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Ellori and Elori.
- How popular is the name Ellory in 2025?
- Ellory ranks #2326 among US girl names in 2025, with 78 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ellory?
- About 1 in every 20,606 US girls born in 2025 was named Ellory — 78 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ellory with classmates?
- Ellory will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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