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Ellis name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Ellis ranks #243 in male records (1,417 reported) and #682 in female records (415 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#682 · 415 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 11 female records (404 to 415); rank moved from #697 to #682.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 86 female records (501 to 415); rank moved from #597 to #682.
2025 male rank and count
#243 · 1,417 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 167 male records (1,250 to 1,417); rank moved from #273 to #243.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 379 male records (1,038 to 1,417); rank moved from #320 to #243.
Peak year in available data
2025: 1,417 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Ellis becoming more popular?

Ellis's reported male count increased by 167 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #273 to #243. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Ellis in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for EllisFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,4170201620252016: 337 female records2017: 380 female records2018: 352 female records2019: 398 female records2020: 472 female records2021: 501 female records2022: 422 female records2023: 375 female records2024: 404 female records2025: 415 female records2016: 999 male records2017: 1,109 male records2018: 1,063 male records2019: 976 male records2020: 1,010 male records2021: 1,038 male records2022: 1,094 male records2023: 1,230 male records2024: 1,250 male records2025: 1,417 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20254156821,417243
20244046971,250273
20233757521,230275
20224226991,094307
20215015971,038320
20204726181,010326
2019398717976343
20183527751,063318
20173807431,109311
2016337844999347

Questions about Ellis’s popularity

How common is Ellis in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Ellis ranks #243 in male records (1,417 reported) and #682 in female records (415 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Ellis?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Ellis only.

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