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Ellis

Boy's name · #243 in the US (2025) · Comeback

74% boys · 26% girls — Ellis is also given to girls: 415 in 2025, about 26% in recent years. Ellis →

Popularity over time

Ellis was #155 in 1899, slipped to #928 by 2001, and has climbed back to #243 today. Roughly 50,000 boys have been named Ellis since 1880.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#92 in England & Wales (2025) · #101 in Scotland (2025) · #201 in N. Ireland (2025) · #276 in Ireland (2025) · #329 in Sweden (2025) · #746 in Switzerland (2025) · #915 in Belgium (2025) · #2,406 in France (2025) · #282 in Canada (2024).

Famous Ellises

• Ellis Marsalis Jr. — American jazz pianist and educator (1934–2020)
• Ellis Clarke — Last Governor-General and first President of Trinidad and Tobago (1917–2010)
• Ellis Ferreira — South African tennis player (born 1970)
• Ellis R. Dungan — American, film director (1909–2001)
• Ellis Yarnal Berry — American politician (1902–1999)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 189,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Albert Ellis — American psychologist (1913–2007)
• Bret Easton Ellis — American novelist (born 1964)
• Havelock Ellis — British physician, writer, and social reformer (1859–1939)

In stories & tradition

• Ellis Carver — The Wire (TV series)
• Ellis — Left 4 Dead 2 (video game)
• Ellis Taylor — The West Wing (TV series)

What Ellises become

Among 359 notable people named Ellis:

Sports figures appear 1.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ellis Ferreira, South African tennis player (born 1970).

Similar names: Ellison · Grady · Eli · Leland · Davis · Hollis

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