Elree
The Story of Elree
As a girl name
American parents first put Elree on the record books as a girl name in 1919, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 8 Elrees were born — ranking #3,666 that year. About 57% of every Elree on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Elree last appeared in the published SSA data in 1921, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 14 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Elree on the record books as a boy name in 1917, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 6 Elrees were born — ranking #3,869 that year. About 68% of every Elree on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Elree last appeared in the published SSA data in 1937, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 34 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Elree
Elree is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Elree's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #3,869. Use the chart and map above to compare Elree's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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