Ellison
Ellison is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 232 births. Its best rank was 838th, in 2019, 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2320.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2021329 births
- Best rank
- #838first in 2019
- Since 1914
- 8,330people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,465 girls have been named Ellison in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 329 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 49%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Ellison is used for both sexes: 34% of its bearers are boys (2,865), most of them born around 2017.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Ellison was the 838th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Ellison
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maeleepeak 2024
- Raeleighpeak 2017
- Landriepeak 2016
- Ilyanapeak 2012
- Mirabellepeak 2015
- Presleighpeak 2015
- Karsynpeak 2018
- Layapeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.