Ellis*
#464 most common boys' name of all time · #1,003 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#464
Rank overall
#1,003 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
57,731
Since 2016
15,242
Peak year
2025 #243
Best rank
#154 1899
Girls
Boys
peak 1,832/yr
Ellis is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 415 | 1,417 | 1,832 | #243 |
| 2024 | 404 | 1,250 | 1,654 | #273 |
| 2023 | 375 | 1,230 | 1,605 | #275 |
| 2022 | 422 | 1,094 | 1,516 | #307 |
| 2021 | 501 | 1,038 | 1,539 | #320 |
| 2020 | 472 | 1,010 | 1,482 | #326 |
| 2019 | 398 | 976 | 1,374 | #342 |
| 2018 | 352 | 1,063 | 1,415 | #318 |
| 2017 | 380 | 1,109 | 1,489 | #311 |
| 2016 | 337 | 999 | 1,336 | #347 |
| 2015 | 282 | 740 | 1,022 | #422 |
| 2014 | 238 | 680 | 918 | #443 |
| 2013 | 227 | 501 | 728 | #531 |
| 2012 | 216 | 403 | 619 | #611 |
| 2011 | 186 | 313 | 499 | #726 |
| 2010 | 151 | 314 | 465 | #729 |
| 2009 | 124 | 328 | 452 | #720 |
| 2008 | 110 | 276 | 386 | #795 |
| 2007 | 111 | 262 | 373 | #815 |
| 2006 | 100 | 267 | 367 | #776 |
| 2005 | 85 | 246 | 331 | #790 |
| 2004 | 47 | 212 | 259 | #838 |
| 2003 | 54 | 211 | 265 | #828 |
| 2002 | 40 | 177 | 217 | #910 |
| 2001 | 50 | 167 | 217 | #926 |
| 2000 | 34 | 209 | 243 | #785 |
| 1999 | 32 | 180 | 212 | #837 |
| 1998 | 46 | 184 | 230 | #817 |
| 1997 | 38 | 196 | 234 | #758 |
| 1996 | 30 | 187 | 217 | #780 |
| 1995 | 38 | 166 | 204 | #834 |
| 1994 | 21 | 160 | 181 | #847 |
| 1993 | 34 | 167 | 201 | #818 |
| 1992 | 23 | 186 | 209 | #765 |
| 1991 | 12 | 189 | 201 | #740 |
| 1990 | 13 | 181 | 194 | #757 |
| 1989 | 11 | 172 | 183 | #751 |
| 1988 | 15 | 146 | 161 | #780 |
| 1987 | 11 | 162 | 173 | #717 |
| 1986 | 13 | 161 | 174 | #714 |
| 1985 | 8 | 148 | 156 | #726 |
| 1984 | — | 134 | 134 | #749 |
| 1983 | — | 139 | 139 | #731 |
| 1982 | 5 | 123 | 128 | #799 |
| 1981 | 9 | 157 | 166 | #690 |
| 1980 | — | 172 | 172 | #661 |
| 1979 | 5 | 168 | 173 | #658 |
| 1978 | 8 | 136 | 144 | #721 |
| 1977 | — | 154 | 154 | #682 |
| 1976 | — | 175 | 175 | #619 |
| 1975 | — | 137 | 137 | #707 |
| 1974 | — | 169 | 169 | #620 |
| 1973 | — | 182 | 182 | #588 |
| 1972 | 5 | 153 | 158 | #641 |
| 1971 | 6 | 204 | 210 | #573 |
| 1970 | 5 | 186 | 191 | #594 |
| 1969 | 5 | 205 | 210 | #548 |
| 1968 | 6 | 203 | 209 | #536 |
| 1967 | 5 | 216 | 221 | #511 |
| 1966 | 6 | 227 | 233 | #504 |
| 1965 | 7 | 230 | 237 | #504 |
| 1964 | 5 | 286 | 291 | #467 |
| 1963 | — | 267 | 267 | #491 |
| 1962 | 5 | 276 | 281 | #480 |
| 1961 | 9 | 328 | 337 | #444 |
| 1960 | 14 | 358 | 372 | #420 |
| 1959 | 8 | 317 | 325 | #451 |
| 1958 | 14 | 356 | 370 | #415 |
| 1957 | 12 | 387 | 399 | #392 |
| 1956 | 7 | 419 | 426 | #359 |
| 1955 | 5 | 371 | 376 | #375 |
| 1954 | 7 | 380 | 387 | #365 |
| 1953 | 9 | 453 | 462 | #331 |
| 1952 | 7 | 422 | 429 | #337 |
| 1951 | 15 | 404 | 419 | #340 |
| 1950 | 22 | 461 | 483 | #319 |
| 1949 | 6 | 430 | 436 | #331 |
| 1948 | 16 | 450 | 466 | #316 |
| 1947 | 9 | 510 | 519 | #306 |
| 1946 | 10 | 500 | 510 | #289 |
| 1945 | 12 | 417 | 429 | #293 |
| 1944 | 14 | 450 | 464 | #282 |
| 1943 | 18 | 495 | 513 | #274 |
| 1942 | 18 | 492 | 510 | #268 |
| 1941 | 12 | 443 | 455 | #272 |
| 1940 | 9 | 430 | 439 | #270 |
| 1939 | 17 | 418 | 435 | #266 |
| 1938 | 14 | 476 | 490 | #248 |
| 1937 | 13 | 451 | 464 | #252 |
| 1936 | 13 | 428 | 441 | #260 |
| 1935 | 9 | 438 | 447 | #257 |
| 1934 | 11 | 430 | 441 | #261 |
| 1933 | 10 | 426 | 436 | #254 |
| 1932 | 13 | 436 | 449 | #260 |
| 1931 | 18 | 456 | 474 | #252 |
| 1930 | 11 | 523 | 534 | #242 |
| 1929 | 16 | 545 | 561 | #231 |
| 1928 | 22 | 544 | 566 | #238 |
| 1927 | 18 | 579 | 597 | #229 |
| 1926 | 12 | 607 | 619 | #224 |
| 1925 | 19 | 613 | 632 | #220 |
| 1924 | 13 | 627 | 640 | #216 |
| 1923 | 20 | 657 | 677 | #204 |
| 1922 | 22 | 625 | 647 | #209 |
| 1921 | 21 | 682 | 703 | #203 |
| 1920 | 14 | 646 | 660 | #204 |
| 1919 | 15 | 634 | 649 | #198 |
| 1918 | 23 | 624 | 647 | #206 |
| 1917 | 17 | 574 | 591 | #201 |
| 1916 | 14 | 570 | 584 | #200 |
| 1915 | 21 | 618 | 639 | #182 |
| 1914 | 13 | 426 | 439 | #195 |
| 1913 | 14 | 391 | 405 | #174 |
| 1912 | 8 | 282 | 290 | #202 |
| 1911 | 7 | 167 | 174 | #184 |
| 1910 | — | 147 | 147 | #185 |
| 1909 | — | 131 | 131 | #178 |
| 1908 | 9 | 123 | 132 | #177 |
| 1907 | 7 | 120 | 127 | #182 |
| 1906 | 6 | 101 | 107 | #178 |
| 1905 | — | 103 | 103 | #181 |
| 1904 | — | 106 | 106 | #173 |
| 1903 | 6 | 110 | 116 | #159 |
| 1902 | 10 | 112 | 122 | #158 |
| 1901 | 6 | 74 | 80 | #195 |
| 1900 | — | 120 | 120 | #174 |
| 1899 | 8 | 98 | 106 | #154 |
| 1898 | — | 96 | 96 | #170 |
| 1897 | — | 98 | 98 | #158 |
| 1896 | 9 | 106 | 115 | #157 |
| 1895 | — | 100 | 100 | #157 |
| 1894 | 7 | 83 | 90 | #183 |
| 1893 | 6 | 79 | 85 | #185 |
| 1892 | 5 | 89 | 94 | #179 |
| 1891 | — | 66 | 66 | #190 |
| 1890 | — | 71 | 71 | #191 |
| 1889 | 7 | 80 | 87 | #170 |
| 1888 | 6 | 71 | 77 | #207 |
| 1887 | — | 66 | 66 | #189 |
| 1886 | — | 85 | 85 | #165 |
| 1885 | — | 78 | 78 | #171 |
| 1884 | — | 73 | 73 | #190 |
| 1883 | 7 | 73 | 80 | #171 |
| 1882 | — | 86 | 86 | #160 |
| 1881 | — | 58 | 58 | #195 |
| 1880 | — | 58 | 58 | #210 |