Ellison

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Ellison: Recorded since 1996, it reached #863 in 2006, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#863highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2017

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2002	#1372
2004	#4598
2006	#3548
2007	#5201
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2014	#4684
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2017	#4763

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 boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #863 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ellison appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 381 births with the name.

Ellison across 2 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.

Ellison'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	#2357 (1996)	#863 (2006)	#1951 (2024)	28 of 29	381 (1996–2024)	28 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#1372 (2002)	#4763 (2017)	11 of 21	52 (1997–2017)	14 (2002)

Ellison 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 Ellison in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	111	10 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	194	10 of 10	19
2020s	66	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Ellison appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #863 in England and Wales in 2006.

Ellison'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	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1158	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1157	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#863	28	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #863, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

1 registrar publishes 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.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

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Elliw · #1170, 26y
Elloise · #1211, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Khadeeja · #862, 29y
Humera · #861, 25y
Rosalia · #865, 24y
Landon · #866, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Chidinma · #862, 19y
Gabby · #862, 13y
Katie-Jane · #862, 16y
Khadeeja · #862, 29y

Ellison was ranked #863 in England and Wales · Boys in 2006. 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.

Ellison 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 Ellison without appearing here.

Ellison moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1086 and #4685.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #4678.
Harald Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #863 and #4052.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Ellison

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1372 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Liv Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1372 and #2105 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #2314.
Dylan Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1372 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #2278.

Moved the opposite way to Ellison

Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ellison went from #2901 to #1692 while Ole went from #2901 to #4789.
Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Ellison went from #2357 to #1253 while Shannon went from #1168 to #4702.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ellison went from #2357 to #1380 while Kim went from #1168 to #4747.
Kristoffer Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ellison went from #2357 to #1380 while Kristoffer went from #2357 to #3373.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #863 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ellison

Ellison at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ellison across 2 official records

Ellison by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ellison appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ellison at a glance

Ellison across 2 official records

Ellison by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ellison appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ellison

Ellison and the names beside it

Ellison moved ahead of

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