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Ellison

Boy's name · #1679 in the US (2025) · Vintage

26% boys · 74% girls — About 74% of babies named Ellison in recent years have been girls. Ellison →

Popularity over time

Ellison is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1883, when it ranked #748. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 3,000 boys since 1881, ranked #1679 today.

Across the states

See where Ellison is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Ellison ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,269 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,072 in Canada (2024) · #5,129 in Ecuador (2016).

Famous Ellisons

• Ellison Onizuka — American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, first Asian American to reach space, later died in the Space Shuttle Challenger accident (1946–1986)
• Ellison D. Smith — American politician (1864–1944)
• Ellison Brown — Native American runner and Olympian (1914 or 1913–1975)
• Ellison Capers — Confederate Army general (1837–1908)
• Ellison Kelly — American football player (1935–2016)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 43,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Larry Ellison — American businessman (born 1944)
• Ralph Ellison — American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1913–1994)
• Harlan Ellison — American writer (1934–2018)

What Ellisons become

Among 18 notable people named Ellison:

No single standout — notable Ellisons spread across many fields.

Similar names: Ransom · Eliott · Rush · Addison · Woodson · Thompson

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