Ellis
Ellis is ranked 273rd among boys in 2024 (1,250 births). Its best rank was 155th, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- #273up 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,2500.07% of boys
- Peak year
- 20241,250 births
- Best rank
- #155in 1899
- Since 1880
- 55,901people given the name
The story in the numbers
48,988 boys have been named Ellis in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,250 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 2010s alone account for 14%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 6,913 girls have also been given it, 12% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ellis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 728 | |
| 1890s | 886 | |
| 1900s | 1,100 | |
| 1910s | 4,433 | |
| 1920s | 6,125 | |
| 1930s | 4,482 | |
| 1940s | 4,617 | |
| 1950s | 3,970 | |
| 1960s | 2,596 | |
| 1970s | 1,667 | |
| 1980s | 1,514 | |
| 1990s | 1,796 | |
| 2000s | 2,355 | |
| 2010s | 7,098 | |
| 2020s | 5,621 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Ellis was the 273rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Ellis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Emorypeak 1920
- Noblepeak 1920
- Orenpeak 2021
- Fosterpeak 2023
- Palmerpeak 2023
- Everettpeak 2021
- Fletcherpeak 2024
- Forestpeak 2022
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.