Elliemae is a double name written as one word, joining Ellie, the short form of Eleanor and Ellen that is usually linked to the Greek Helen and read as "light" or "torch", with Mae, an old form of May and Mary. Combined names like this have a Southern, country feel, familiar from Elly May Clampett of The Beverly Hillbillies. Elliemae has grown from number 4328 in 2015 to number 2220 in 2025, just below its 2024 peak of 2083, with 83 births.