Ellison
#1,065 for girls in 2025, 228 births · #1,677 for boys in 2025, 98 births
Given to girls 65.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 329 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,695since 1914
Ellison over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,065 | 228 | #1,677 | 98 |
| 2024 | #1,066 | 233 | #2,057 | 73 |
| 2023 | #1,075 | 230 | #1,928 | 81 |
| 2022 | #1,062 | 239 | #1,826 | 88 |
| 2021 | #837 | 329 | #1,710 | 95 |
| 2020 | #906 | 290 | #1,778 | 85 |
| 2019 | #838 | 323 | #1,868 | 80 |
| 2018 | #975 | 271 | #1,625 | 100 |
| 2017 | #972 | 270 | #1,594 | 101 |
| 2016 | #921 | 298 | #1,663 | 95 |
| 2015 | #946 | 287 | #1,691 | 92 |
| 2014 | #893 | 304 | #1,979 | 72 |
| 2013 | #953 | 266 | #1,782 | 81 |
| 2012 | #1,060 | 237 | #2,772 | 43 |
| 2011 | #1,050 | 235 | #3,434 | 31 |
| 2010 | #1,230 | 196 | #3,531 | 30 |
| 2009 | #1,546 | 146 | #3,476 | 31 |
| 2008 | #1,386 | 172 | #3,646 | 29 |
| 2007 | #1,530 | 150 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #1,428 | 158 | #3,306 | 32 |
| 2005 | #1,690 | 117 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #1,942 | 96 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #2,106 | 83 | #4,276 | 19 |
| 2002 | #2,352 | 68 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #2,600 | 58 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #2,708 | 54 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #3,547 | 32 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #1,962 | 30 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,091 | 15 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,887 | 17 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,630 | 22 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,838 | 17 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,746 | 18 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,449 | 26 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,529 | 21 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,537 | 21 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,796 | 19 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,628 | 23 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,329 | 31 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,273 | 32 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,576 | 22 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,454 | 22 | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Ellison! It came in at #3,188, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1960, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ellison is popular in 1907
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Ellison
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1 spot since 2024 (#1,066 → #1,065)
- 159 spots since 2020 (#906 → #1,065)
- 119 spots since 2015 (#946 → #1,065)
- Biggest jump: 137 spots in 2019 (#975 → #838)
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 2022 (#837 → #1,062)
Rise & fade · girls
107 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2021 at #837 (329 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2013–2021
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,987
- Highest: 1 in 4,987 girls born in 2021 were named Ellison (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,049 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 47.2% of all girls named Ellison (2,687) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
- Mostly boys until 1994, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,188 (1914) | #3,188 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #6,245 (1959) | #6,245 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,309 (1961) | #5,944 |
| 1970s | 53 | #6,484 (1975) | #7,535 |
| 1980s | 71 | #5,545 (1989) | #8,443 |
| 1990s | 210 | #3,116 (1998) | #5,692 |
| 2000s | 1,102 | #1,386 (2008) | #1,929 |
| 2010s | 2,687 | #838 (2019) | #984 |
| 2020s | 1,549 | #837 (2021) | #1,002 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ellison in 1907
boys
#815
11 births · 1 in 13,348 boys
Top boys' names in 1907
More about 1907
boys
146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 13,348 of them was named Ellison, which outranked 47.4% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).