Ellis

Girl · recorded 1883–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 3.4 to 1)

  • #682in 2025
  • 1 in 3,872girls in 2025
  • +63%last ten years
  • 4.4×in Alabama

Most popular in 2021, and up 63% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

015330518831919195419902025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 120 recorded years as a table
Ellis, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188362
188834
188939
189224
189328
189431
189638
189934
190125
190238
190323
190620
190722
190827
191117
191214
191322
191417
191521
191613
191716
191820
191913
192012
192117
192218
192317
192410
192516
192610
192715
192819
192914
193010
193117
193212
193310
193411
19359
193612
193712
193813
193916
19408
194110
194213
194313
194411
19459
19466
19475
19489
19494
195013
19518
19524
19535
19544
19553
19563
19576
19587
19594
19607
19614
19623
19643
19654
19664
19673
19684
19693
19703
19714
19723
19785
19793
19815
19823
19855
19868
19876
19888
19896
19907
19916
199212
199319
199412
199522
199617
199722
199826
199918
200019
200128
200222
200330
200426
200546
200653
200758
200858
200967
201085
2011106
2012123
2013129
2014133
2015158
2016190
2017220
2018207
2019237
2020292
2021305
2022257
2023234
2024249
2025258

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Alabama 4.4×
  2. South Carolina 3.7×
  3. Arkansas 3.5×
  4. Tennessee 2.3×
  5. Louisiana 2.1×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
415
Rank in 2025
#682
How rare
1 in 3,872 girls
Since 1883
7,328

Most popular in 2021, at 305 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 63% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Alabama4.4×61
South Carolina3.7×50
Arkansas3.5×27
Tennessee2.3×55
Louisiana2.1×26

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