# Ellison (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ellison/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛlɪsən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ellyson, Elison |
| US babies named this | 8,658 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,963 / 5,695 (66% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 443, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ellis + -son.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 235 | 1,051 |
| 2012 | 237 | 1,060 |
| 2013 | 266 | 953 |
| 2014 | 304 | 893 |
| 2015 | 287 | 946 |
| 2016 | 298 | 921 |
| 2017 | 270 | 974 |
| 2018 | 271 | 975 |
| 2019 | 323 | 838 |
| 2020 | 290 | 906 |
| 2021 | 329 | 839 |
| 2022 | 239 | 1,063 |
| 2023 | 230 | 1,076 |
| 2024 | 233 | 1,067 |
| 2025 | 228 | 1,067 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 3,456 |
| 2012 | 43 | 2,787 |
| 2013 | 81 | 1,785 |
| 2014 | 72 | 1,984 |
| 2015 | 92 | 1,695 |
| 2016 | 95 | 1,666 |
| 2017 | 101 | 1,597 |
| 2018 | 100 | 1,628 |
| 2019 | 80 | 1,871 |
| 2020 | 85 | 1,779 |
| 2021 | 95 | 1,713 |
| 2022 | 88 | 1,831 |
| 2023 | 81 | 1,932 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,060 |
| 2025 | 98 | 1,679 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2002 | 14 | 1,372 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,086 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## In other languages

- Russian: Э́ллисон

## People named Ellison

- Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, first Asian American to reach space, lat
- Ellison D. Smith, American politician (1864–1944)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.