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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Ellison
- 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)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2021 at #837 (329 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2013–2021
- 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%)
- 47.2% of all girls named Ellison (2,687) were born in this decade
- 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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 10,994 of them was named Ellison, which outranked 93.2% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,381Kensley173
- #1,381Leena173
- #1,381Ryley173
- #1,386Ellison172
- #1,386Lilyann172
- #1,386Xochitl172
- #1,386Yolanda172
- #1,391Ameera171
- #1,391Angely171
- #1,391Katelin171
Tied with 4 names at #1,386; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 70,350 of them was named Ellison, which outranked 75.1% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,561Tyrik30
- #3,561Zabdiel30
- #3,561Zair30
- #3,646Ellison29
- #3,646Aaren29
- #3,646Abhay29
- #3,646Ahmet29
- #3,744Amer28
- #3,744Arie28
- #3,744Atom28
Tied with 97 names at #3,646; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.