Ellison
70% girls · 30% boys
About Ellison
Updates Ellis -- but also has a lot of feminine potential thanks to Allison/Ellie similarity.
Ellison for girls#1067 US
Updates Allison—which everyone will misunderstand it as. But it's definitely a fresh spin on the Ellie names, and a rising surname name choice for girls.
Ellison made its first appearance on the US Top 1000 for girls in 2013 and has been drifting slightly upwards ever since. About 75 percent of the babies named Ellison are girls.
Ralph Ellison was the author of Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.
Pronounced EL-i-sun.
As of October 2026, Ellison ranked #1679 for boys and #1067 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #748 for boys in 1883 and #838 for girls in 2019.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,984 | 72 | #893 | 304 |
| 2015 | #1,695 | 92 | #946 | 287 |
| 2016 | #1,666 | 95 | #921 | 298 |
| 2017 | #1,597 | 101 | #973 | 270 |
| 2018 | #1,628 | 100 | #974 | 271 |
| 2019 | #1,871 | 80 | #838 | 323 |
| 2020 | #1,779 | 85 | #906 | 290 |
| 2021 | #1,713 | 95 | #838 | 329 |
| 2022 | #1,831 | 88 | #1,063 | 239 |
| 2023 | #1,931 | 81 | #1,081 | 229 |
| 2024 | #2,058 | 73 | #1,067 | 232 |
| 2025 | #1,679 | 98 | #1,067 | 228 |
World rankings
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Famous Ellisons
- Ellison DuRant "Cotton Ed" SmithBoy
U.S. Senator from South Carolina
- Ellison Shoji OnizukaBoy
American astronaut
- Ellison Myers BrownBoy
American marathon runner
- Ellison HatfieldBoy
American murdered in the Hatfield,McCoy feud
- Ellison "Cotton Top" MountsBoy
son of Ellison Hatfield
- Franklyn Vincent Ellison SealesBoy
American actor
- Beckham Ellison Holley (b. 2010)Boy
son of sports journalist Michael Holley
- Larry EllisonBoy
founder of American company Oracle
- Ralph EllisonBoy
American author of "Invisible Man"
- Harlan EllisonBoy
American author
- Ellison Litton BarberGirl
American TV journalist
- (Edythe) Ellison HarvieGirl
Australian architect
- Ellison Jane Fehr (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of Canadian actor Brendan Fehr