Ellis

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ellis: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ellis: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #76 in 2019, and it stood at #272 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
117times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#76highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ellis's record

Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 28 years. Names by sustained share
Moved 177 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
2 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#301
1997	#275
1998	#248
1999	#306
2000	#387
2001	#449
2002	#361
2003	#447
2004	#626
2005	#708
2006	#816
2007	#836
2008	#937
2009	#1022
2010	#1332
2011	#1545
2012	#1297
2013	#1291
2014	#1234
2015	#1324
2016	#1031
2017	#1105
2018	#920
2019	#1189
2020	#1127
2021	#1007
2022	#1006
2023	#1255
2024	#1353

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #95 among boys in England and Wales, #104 among boys in Scotland, #239 among boys in Northern Ireland, #287 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #301 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #76 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ellis appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 19,358 births with the name.

Ellis across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ellis's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#107 (1996)	#76 (2019)	#95 (2024)	29 of 29	19,358 (1996–2024)	876 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#301 (1996)	#248 (1998)	#1353 (2024)	29 of 29	1,510 (1996–2024)	160 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#390 (2000)	#250 (2020)	#272 (2025)	23 of 26	193 (2000–2025)	19 (2020)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#244 (2000)	#160 (2019)	#239 (2024)	19 of 25	133 (2000–2024)	15 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#893 (2009)	#464 (2021)	#718 (2025)	12 of 17	54 (2009–2025)	8 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (2015)	#281 (2020)	#337 (2024)	3 of 10	13 (2015–2024)	5 (2020)

Ellis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ellis in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	2,100	4 of 10	525
2000sbusiest	7,240	10 of 10	724
2010s	6,958	10 of 10	696
2020s	3,060	5 of 10	612

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 724 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ellis appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #76 in England and Wales in 2019.

Ellis's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1353	24	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#95	571	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1255	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#96	561	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1006	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#90	616	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1007	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#88	670	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1127	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#89	642	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1189	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#76	780	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#920	40	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#87	726	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1105	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#89	765	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1031	34	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#89	783	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#90	721	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#94	641	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1291	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#103	619	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1297	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#100	627	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#103	636	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1332	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#102	660	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1022	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#85	756	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#937	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#89	764	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#836	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#83	851	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#816	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#77	876	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#708	43	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#87	754	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#626	48	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#82	784	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#447	77	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#85	677	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#361	97	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#83	661	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#449	68	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#91	553	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#387	83	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#96	564	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#306	112	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#90	580	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#248	160	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#98	545	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#275	137	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#101	532	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#301	120	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#107	443	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#239	8	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#193	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#160	15	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	16	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	14	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	16	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	19	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#244	15	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#104	49	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #76, first reached in 2019.

It held a top-100 place in 24 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 876 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Elliot · #61, 38y
Elliott · #71, 34y
Ellison · #863, 28y
Elliw · #1170, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Campbell · #78, 31y
Demi · #78, 34y
Joey · #78, 32y
Lyra · #78, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cory · #77, 33y
Kaleb · #75, 30y
Kayden · #77, 30y
Shakira · #77, 29y

Ellis was ranked #76 in England and Wales · Boys in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ellis and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ellis without appearing here.

Ellis moved ahead of

Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1127 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1007 and #2499.
Shannon Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1189 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1127 and #1846.
Kirsten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1291 and #1220 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1234 and #1882.
Marie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1255 and #1087 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #1894.

Moved ahead of Ellis

Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1022 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1332 and #773.
Rita Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1332 and #1653 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1545 and #1067.
Harper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1022 and #1171 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1332 and #930.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1255 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #952.

Moved the opposite way to Ellis

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ellis went from #301 to #1353 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ellis went from #301 to #1353 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ellis went from #301 to #1353 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ellis went from #301 to #1353 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Ellis

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ellis went from #301 to #1353 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ellis went from #301 to #1353 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ellis went from #301 to #1353 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ellis went from #301 to #1353 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #76 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ellis

Ellis at a glance

What stands out in Ellis's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ellis across 6 official records

Ellis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ellis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ellis

Ellis and the names beside it

Ellis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ellis

Moved the opposite way to Ellis

Moved the same way as Ellis

Ellis at a glance

What stands out in Ellis's record

Ellis across 6 official records

Ellis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ellis appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ellis

Ellis and the names beside it

Ellis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ellis

Moved the opposite way to Ellis

Moved the same way as Ellis