Meaning and history
From an English surname derived in medieval times from the masculine given name Hilary.
20062006: 159 births, rank #1,424
2007: 151 births, rank #1,526
2008: 141 births, rank #1,605
2009: 171 births, rank #1,383
2010: 187 births, rank #1,274
20112011: 197 births, rank #1,217
2012: 202 births, rank #1,210
2013: 197 births, rank #1,220
2014: 256 births, rank #1,018
2015: 256 births, rank #1,038
20162016: 196 births, rank #1,241
2017: 211 births, rank #1,165
2018: 174 births, rank #1,310
2019: 197 births, rank #1,193
2020: 207 births, rank #1,145
20212021: 213 births, rank #1,148
2022: 201 births, rank #1,199
2023: 196 births, rank #1,212
2024: 172 births, rank #1,331
20252025: 188 births, rank #1,207
Ellery rose from #968 to #957 for boys between 1908 and 1959. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 65.