Ely

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #2,641in 2025
  • 1 in 34,858boys in 2025
  • −50%last ten years

Most popular in 1882.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05310618801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 131 recorded years as a table
Ely, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188045
188179
1882106
188645
188759
188850
189045
189585
189675
189744
189865
189956
190047
190156
190342
190439
190645
190832
191051
191127
191230
191333
191429
191529
191624
191726
191832
191920
192023
192119
192217
192314
192419
192514
192610
192714
192812
192911
19305
193111
19328
193315
193415
19357
19377
19385
193914
19407
19414
19427
19434
19448
19456
19464
19477
19486
19495
19504
19517
19524
19533
19544
19553
19565
19574
19585
19594
19615
19624
19635
19653
19664
19675
19686
19697
19709
197111
19727
197311
197414
197513
197618
197716
197821
197916
198020
198122
198218
198321
198420
198518
198618
198716
198817
198921
199020
199128
199224
199325
199417
199523
199623
199731
199826
199932
200047
200144
200245
200348
200472
200576
200669
200770
200875
200980
201071
201179
201270
201365
201454
201557
201655
201739
201841
201940
202028
202127
202222
202327
202423
202529

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ely isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
49
Rank in 2025
#2,641
How rare
1 in 34,858 boys
Since 1880
4,471

Most popular in 1882, at 106 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 50% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.