Ellis

#682 for girls in 2025, 415 births · #243 for boys in 2025, 1,417 births
Given to boys 87.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#154
1899 · 98 births
Debut · boys
1880
58 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
50,403
since 1880

Ellis over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007peak #154, 1899girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#682415#2431,417
2024#696404#2731,250
2023#752375#2751,230
2022#699422#3071,094
2021#597501#3201,038
2020#618472#3261,010
2019#717398#342976
2018#775352#3181,063
2017#743380#3111,109
2016#844337#347999
2015#962282#422740
2014#1,074238#443680
2013#1,086227#531501
2012#1,136216#611403
2011#1,276186#726313
2010#1,489151#729314
2009#1,756124#720328
2008#1,913110#795276
2007#1,877111#815262
2006#1,988100#776267
2005#2,16085#790246
2004#3,22447#838212
2003#2,84054#828211
2002#3,39440#910177
2001#2,88150#926167
2000#3,73834#785209
1999#3,71832#837180
1998#2,84646#817184
1997#3,10538#758196
1996#3,63230#780187
1995#3,02238#833166
1994#4,68721#847160
1993#3,29034#817167
1992#4,38223#765186
1991#6,97612#740189
1990#6,46513#757181
1989#6,95511#751172
1988#5,32115#780146
1987#6,33511#717162
1986#5,45913#714161
1985#7,5638#726148
1984—#749134
1983—#731139
1982#10,5175#798123
1981#6,8049#689157
1980—#661172
1979#10,2105#658168
1978#6,9488#721136
1977—#682154
1976—#619175
1975—#707137
1974—#619169
1973—#587182
1972#8,2925#641153
1971#7,3886#573204
1970#7,9955#594186
1969#7,4715#548205
1968#6,2466#536203
1967#6,8045#511216
1966#5,8096#504227
1965#5,2897#502230
1964#6,7675#467286
1963—#491267
1962#6,5785#480276
1961#4,5469#444328
1960#3,35714#420358
1959#4,6258#451317
1958#3,23214#415356
1957#3,48912#392387
1956#4,8377#359419
1955#5,8285#375371
1954#4,6557#365380
1953#3,9559#331453
1952#4,4837#337422
1951#2,69415#340404
1950#2,05322#319461
1949#4,6736#330430
1948#2,49116#316450
1947#3,7069#306510
1946#3,21710#289500
1945#2,59812#292417
1944#2,40114#282450
1943#2,07918#274495
1942#2,04618#268492
1941#2,53212#272443
1940#2,9639#270430
1939#1,94717#266418
1938#2,22514#248476
1937#2,31713#252451
1936#2,26313#260428
1935#2,9269#257438
1934#2,56711#261430
1933#2,68810#254426
1932#2,36513#260436
1931#1,87618#251456
1930#2,69011#242523
1929#2,09816#231545
1928#1,78422#238544
1927#2,09518#229579
1926#2,70812#224607
1925#2,01819#220613
1924#2,66113#216627
1923#1,94420#204657
1922#1,83622#209625
1921#1,92721#203682
1920#2,46314#204646
1919#2,26415#198634
1918#1,69023#206624
1917#1,99617#201574
1916#2,24614#200570
1915#1,62221#182618
1914#1,89613#195426
1913#1,60114#174391
1912#2,1448#202282
1911#1,9567#184167
1910—#185147
1909—#178131
1908#1,4399#177123
1907#1,6397#180120
1906#1,7276#177101
1905—#181103
1904—#172106
1903#1,5926#159110
1902#1,13310#156112
1901#1,4666#19574
1900—#173120
1899#1,1818#15498
1898—#16996
1897—#15798
1896#1,1229#156106
1895—#156100
1894#1,2377#18283
1893#1,2776#18579
1892#1,4505#17789
1891—#18866
1890—#19071
1889#1,0257#16880
1888#1,1366#20671
1887—#18866
1886—#16285
1885—#16978
1884—#18673
1883#7547#16873
1882—#15986
1881—#19358
1880—#20958
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ellis was already there! It came in at #209, and was given to 58 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1891, when fewer than 87 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ellis
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 30 spots since 2024 (#273 → #243)
  • 83 spots since 2020 (#326 → #243)
  • 179 spots since 2015 (#422 → #243)
  • Biggest jump: 115 spots in 2012 (#726 → #611)
  • Biggest drop: 141 spots in 2001 (#785 → #926)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #154 (98 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,084
  • Highest: 1 in 1,084 boys born in 1899 were named Ellis (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,205 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 14.1% of all boys named Ellis (7,098) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s728#159 (1882)#181
1890s886#154 (1899)#171
1900s1,100#156 (1902)#175
1910s4,433#174 (1913)#193
1920s6,125#203 (1921)#218
1930s4,482#242 (1930)#255
1940s4,617#268 (1942)#290
1950s3,970#319 (1950)#368
1960s2,596#420 (1960)#490
1970s1,664#573 (1971)#640
1980s1,514#661 (1980)#732
1990s1,796#740 (1991)#795
2000s2,355#720 (2009)#818
2010s7,098#311 (2017)#478
2020s7,039#243 (2025)#291

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ellis in 2007

girls
#1,877
111 births · 1 in 17,321 girls
boys
#815
262 births · 1 in 7,921 boys

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #1,877Ellis111

Top boys' names in 2007

  1. #1Jacob24,310
  2. #2Michael22,027
  3. #3Ethan21,041
  4. #4Joshua20,669
  5. #5Daniel20,268
  6. #6Christopher20,030
  7. #7Anthony19,639
  8. #8William18,898
  9. #9Matthew18,756
  10. #10Andrew18,461
  11. #815Ellis262
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 17,321 of them was named Ellis, which outranked 90.9% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ellis
  1. #1,868Journee112
  2. #1,868Moira112
  3. #1,868Semaj112
  4. #1,877Ellis111
  5. #1,877Amaria111
  6. #1,877Cordelia111
  7. #1,877Elora111
  8. #1,886Flora110
  9. #1,886Freya110
  10. #1,886Isobel110

Tied with 8 names at #1,877; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 16,568Jaslene#17,168 → #600
  2. ↑ 5,379Marely#6,125 → #746
  3. ↑ 2,556Audrina#3,264 → #708
  4. ↑ 2,506Jordin#3,090 → #584
  5. ↑ 1,358Azul#2,081 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 4,216Bethzy#881 → #5,097
  2. ↓ 346Akeelah#708 → #1,054
  3. ↓ 326Tayla#926 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 312Betsy#747 → #1,059
  5. ↓ 295Shakira#780 → #1,075

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 7,921 of them was named Ellis, which outranked 94.3% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ellis
  1. #809Ross263
  2. #809Salvatore263
  3. #809Van263
  4. #815Ellis262
  5. #815Jax262
  6. #815Jeramiah262
  7. #815Kasen262
  8. #820Conrad261
  9. #820Cristofer261
  10. #820Darwin261

Tied with 4 names at #815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,623Nery#3,524 → #901
  2. ↑ 813Dereon#1,738 → #925
  3. ↑ 572Kingston#926 → #354
  4. ↑ 411Kellan#1,294 → #883
  5. ↑ 410Kelan#1,387 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 503Imanol#985 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 373Bode#856 → #1,229
  3. ↓ 344Jordy#680 → #1,024
  4. ↓ 265Koen#859 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 261Korey#985 → #1,246

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2007 →