Name meaning & stats
Elly
Elly means “light (debated)”. 4,526 US babies since 1940, peak 2010.
What it means
“light (debated)”
Spelling of Ellie
In US birth records
Peak year: 2010
4,526 US babies were named Elly between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Elly (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 24 Ellies spell it Elly
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2010)