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How popular is the name Ellison?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ellisons are alive today.
Ellison (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2269th in 2025 and given to 10 babies. The name peaked in 2006, when 28 babies were given the name, the 863rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2014, with 26 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2006; the 2025 figure is roughly 36% of its peak.
The Ellison you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Ellisons born in England and Wales are between 8 and 20, and there are at least 420 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ellison - on average, only one in every 722 such rooms contains a Ellison.
How many babies are named Ellison each year?
Where does Ellison rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ellison most popular?
Ellison peaked in 2006, when 28 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ellison?
At least 420 people named Ellison born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ellison?
Most living Ellisons are between 8 and 20; the most common age is about 11.
Is Ellison becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2006 peak.