Ellis

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 3.4 to 1)

  • #243in 2025
  • 1 in 1,205boys in 2025
  • +115%last ten years
  • 2.3×in Iowa

Most popular in 1899, and up 115% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

046292318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Ellis, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880525
1881576
1882756
1883698
1884638
1885724
1886767
1887651
1888587
1889723
1890640
1891652
1892729
1893703
1894717
1895852
1896887
1897869
1898782
1899923
1900797
1901695
1902913
1903923
1904827
1905778
1906759
1907817
1908797
1909799
1910757
1911739
1912656
1913763
1914651
1915728
1916640
1917620
1918616
1919647
1920607
1921619
1922574
1923599
1924554
1925549
1926547
1927514
1928491
1929507
1930477
1931439
1932418
1933430
1934416
1935421
1936413
1937423
1938429
1939378
1940371
1941361
1942356
1943347
1944330
1945310
1946308
1947279
1948256
1949242
1950258
1951215
1952217
1953230
1954186
1955180
1956198
1957179
1958168
1959149
1960168
1961154
1962133
1963131
1964144
1965124
1966127
1967124
1968117
1969115
1970100
1971115
197294
1973117
1974107
197588
1976112
197794
197883
197998
198096
198188
198268
198378
198474
198580
198687
198787
198876
198986
199088
199194
199293
199385
199483
199587
199699
1997104
199896
199994
2000106
200186
200291
2003107
2004107
2005123
2006130
2007126
2008135
2009165
2010164
2011165
2012212
2013265
2014354
2015386
2016526
2017599
2018585
2019544
2020585
2021593
2022627
2023719
2024726
2025830

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Iowa 2.3×
  2. Oregon 2.0×
  3. Arkansas 2.0×
  4. Kansas 2.0×
  5. South Carolina 1.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,417
Rank in 2025
#243
How rare
1 in 1,205 boys
Since 1880
50,403

Most popular in 1899, at 923 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 115% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Iowa2.3×72
Oregon2.0×67
Arkansas2.0×56
Kansas2.0×61
South Carolina1.9×92

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.