How Many People Are Named Ellison?
people named Ellison are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 43,712 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,658 babies named Ellison in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
424 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ellison, 72.2% were girls and 27.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ellison rose from 3.5% in the 1910s to 74.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ellison alive today is about 15 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ellison first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2021, to 424 babies. In 2025, 326 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ellison has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #838, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #1,067. Among boys, its best rank was #748, in 1883.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,067 | #1,679 |
| Best rank | #838 (2019) | #748 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #990 in the 2010s | #1,979 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ellison alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ellison were born in Texas than in any other state: about 628 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ellison was given 8.3 times as often in South Carolina, 2.5 times in Tennessee and 2.3 times in Alabama.
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