Meaning not yet researched.
Ellison: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 228 in 2025. Its best rank was #838 in 2019.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #838 in 2019; #1,067 in 2025. About 70% of babies named Ellison in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,067 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2019, at #838.
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Ellison: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 228 girls in 2025. Peak: #838 in 2019 · most girls in one year: 329 (2021).
In 2025, 228 US girls were named Ellison, making it the 1,067th most common girls’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 233 girls named Ellison in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #838, reached in 2019. The most girls given the name in a single year was 329, in 2021. For comparison, it was #946 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 98 US boys were named Ellison, making it the 1,679th most common boys’ name of the year, up 381 places from #2,060 in 2024. That is 25 more than the 73 boys named Ellison in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #748, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 101, in 2017. For comparison, it was #1,695 in 2015 and #1,760 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ellison in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 8,658 US babies have been given the name, 66% of them girls and 34% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,412 babies named Ellison.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,711 US girls were named Ellison; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 329. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,049 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ellison ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #210 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ellisyn (935 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ellasyn, Ellyson and Ellason are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ellasyn (492), Ellyson (490), Ellason (144), Elison (109), Ellisen (80), Eliason (36), Ellesyn (32), Elleson (28), Ellysen (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ellison in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 37 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 23 | #210 | #267 |
| Alabama | 15 | #328 | #852 |
| Tennessee | 24 | #341 | #424 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #508 | #294 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #532 | #490 |
| North Carolina | 16 | #640 | #686 |
| Georgia | 16 | #654 | #917 |
| Michigan | 9 | #807 | #561 |
| Indiana | 6 | #946 | #1,130 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,101 | #862 |
| Florida | 12 | #1,191 | — |
| Texas | 20 | #1,285 | #909 |
| California | 9 | #2,149 | #1,758 |
| New York | 5 | #2,184 | #1,413 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 228 | #1,067 | 98 | #1,679 |
| 2024 | 233 | #1,067 | 73 | #2,060 |
| 2023 | 230 | #1,076 | 81 | #1,932 |
| 2022 | 239 | #1,063 | 88 | #1,831 |
| 2021 | 329 | #839 | 95 | #1,713 |
| 2020 | 290 | #906 | 85 | #1,779 |
| 2019 | 323 | #838 | 80 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 271 | #975 | 100 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 270 | #974 | 101 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 298 | #921 | 95 | #1,666 |
| 2015 | 287 | #946 | 92 | #1,695 |
| 2014 | 304 | #893 | 72 | #1,984 |
| 2013 | 266 | #953 | 81 | #1,785 |
| 2012 | 237 | #1,060 | 43 | #2,787 |
| 2011 | 235 | #1,051 | 31 | #3,456 |
| 2010 | 196 | #1,230 | 30 | #3,560 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,550 | 31 | #3,504 |
| 2008 | 172 | #1,386 | 29 | #3,673 |
| 2007 | 150 | #1,530 | 22 | #4,410 |
| 2006 | 158 | #1,428 | 32 | #3,332 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,693 | 21 | #4,240 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,949 | 22 | #4,049 |
| 2003 | 83 | #2,108 | 19 | #4,328 |
| 2002 | 68 | #2,360 | 24 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 58 | #2,608 | 20 | #4,014 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,717 | 15 | #4,859 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,459 | 15 | #4,602 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,133 | 22 | #3,422 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,568 | 9 | #6,245 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,642 | 16 | #4,068 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,894 | 11 | #5,245 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,309 | 19 | #3,505 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,159 | 14 | #4,300 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,408 | 16 | #3,803 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,809 | 17 | #3,505 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,544 | 26 | #2,572 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,633 | 15 | #3,677 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,893 | 20 | #2,785 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,852 | 22 | #2,495 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,744 | 30 | #1,975 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,154 | 9 | #4,434 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,421 | 12 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,294 | 7 | #5,087 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,969 | 10 | #4,027 |
| 1981 | — | — | 10 | #3,932 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,610 | 13 | #3,312 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,288 | 5 | #6,343 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,858 | 15 | #2,829 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,065 | 12 | #3,264 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,720 | 10 | #3,556 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,682 | 14 | #2,797 |
| 1974 | — | — | 8 | #3,941 |
| 1973 | — | — | 9 | #3,528 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,549 | — | — |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,800 | 14 | #2,599 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,351 | 15 | #2,426 |
| 1969 | — | — | 10 | #2,926 |
| 1968 | — | — | 18 | #1,913 |
| 1967 | — | — | 10 | #2,653 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,521 |
| 1965 | — | — | 21 | #1,736 |
| 1964 | — | — | 17 | #2,000 |
| 1963 | — | — | 8 | #3,131 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,855 | 15 | #2,137 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,460 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1960 | — | — | 11 | #2,581 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,528 | 15 | #2,141 |
| 1958 | — | — | 11 | #2,553 |
| 1957 | — | — | 15 | #2,119 |
| 1956 | — | — | 15 | #2,115 |
| 1955 | — | — | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1954 | — | — | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1953 | — | — | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1952 | — | — | 12 | #2,287 |
| 1951 | — | — | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1950 | — | — | 18 | #1,760 |
| 1949 | — | — | 18 | #1,777 |
| 1948 | — | — | 17 | #1,838 |
| 1947 | — | — | 26 | #1,459 |
| 1946 | — | — | 17 | #1,780 |
| 1945 | — | — | 16 | #1,719 |
| 1944 | — | — | 13 | #2,016 |
| 1943 | — | — | 21 | #1,545 |
| 1942 | — | — | 21 | #1,552 |
| 1941 | — | — | 17 | #1,710 |
| 1940 | — | — | 21 | #1,488 |
| 1939 | — | — | 18 | #1,590 |
| 1938 | — | — | 11 | #2,229 |
| 1937 | — | — | 27 | #1,291 |
| 1936 | — | — | 17 | #1,664 |
| 1935 | — | — | 17 | #1,726 |
| 1934 | — | — | 21 | #1,523 |
| 1933 | — | — | 14 | #1,934 |
| 1932 | — | — | 16 | #1,867 |
| 1931 | — | — | 10 | #2,528 |
| 1930 | — | — | 9 | #2,838 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,749 |
| 1928 | — | — | 12 | #2,431 |
| 1927 | — | — | 19 | #1,824 |
| 1926 | — | — | 17 | #1,928 |
| 1925 | — | — | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1924 | — | — | 23 | #1,639 |
| 1923 | — | — | 20 | #1,772 |
| 1922 | — | — | 21 | #1,711 |
| 1921 | — | — | 31 | #1,338 |
| 1920 | — | — | 32 | #1,283 |
| 1919 | — | — | 22 | #1,588 |
| 1918 | — | — | 24 | #1,506 |
| 1917 | — | — | 13 | #2,209 |
| 1916 | — | — | 25 | #1,389 |
| 1915 | — | — | 22 | #1,472 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,309 | 22 | #1,278 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | — | — | 10 | #1,655 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,236 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #968 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #831 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,295 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #944 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #846 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #748 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #907 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).