Ellison
- Pronunciation
- [El-li-son]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Elias Which Is The Greek Form Of Elijah.
- Origin
- English
Ellison Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 5,465 baby girls have been named Ellison. The name peaked in 2021 with 329 US births that year (rank #838). In 2024, ranked #1067 nationally — 229 places below its 2021 peak.
Top States for Ellison
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Ellison births are: Texas (498), South Carolina (333), California (265).
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7-Letter Names Starting with E
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Quick Facts About Ellison
US Popularity History (2013–2021)
Annual US births named Ellison by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2021 with 329 girls named Ellison (girl rank #838 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Ellison Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Ellison the strongest states are South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina | #267 | 166 |
| 2 | Tennessee | #464 | 155 |
| 3 | Alabama | #511 | 88 |
| 4 | Arkansas | #517 | 48 |
| 5 | Iowa | #556 | 23 |
| 6 | Kansas | #560 | 23 |
| 7 | Kentucky | #565 | 67 |
| 8 | North Carolina | #625 | 148 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | #628 | 65 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | #653 | 31 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #923 | 256 |
| 2 | Washington | #902 | 28 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | #849 | 33 |
| 4 | Virginia | #784 | 39 |
| 5 | Michigan | #764 | 75 |
| 6 | Indiana | #734 | 71 |
| 7 | Ohio | #719 | 100 |
| 8 | Louisiana | #697 | 35 |
| 9 | Missouri | #697 | 49 |
| 10 | Colorado | #685 | 23 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Ellison in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Ellison against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).