first name
ELLIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 25,901 people named Ellis, 63.4% reported their origin as White, 21.9% as Black and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 83.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ellis peaked in 2025, when 1,832 babies got the name.
At least 57,731 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ellis by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #405. The largest share of babies named Ellis, 31%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ellis is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ellis has been most common in Mississippi (3.3×), Alabama (2.6×), and Louisiana (2.6×), and least common in Connecticut (0.27×).
48,333 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ellis
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ellis, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ellis ranks #137 of 156,621, with 182,308 people. See Ellis as a last name
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