Name meaning & stats
Ely
Ely means “ascended, uplifted” (Hebrew origin). 4,516 US babies since 1940, peak 2009.
What it means
“ascended, uplifted”
HebrewSpelling of Eli
In US birth records
Peak year: 2009
4,516 US babies were named Ely between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ely (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 36 Elis spell it Ely
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2009)