Girls' name · since 1918
Ellise
Ellise has 776 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,925 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,522 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 776
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
776 babies have been named Ellise since 1918, making it today's #9522 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellise has been recorded 776 times among girls since 1918, currently ranked #9522 nationally and more common than 45% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #8,925 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,522 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 776 born since 1918
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellise ranks #8,925 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,522 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 776 born since 1918, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,925 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,522 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 776
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ellise's 776 recorded births place it above 87.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Ellise compares
776 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ellise's all-time total is 106% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ellise | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 776 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ellise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ellise's full recorded timeline at 2002, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ellise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Ellise by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (263 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Ellise's strongest decade.
263 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Ellise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 51
1980s
51 births
- 1990s
1990s
159 births
- 2000s
2000s
263 births
- 2010s
2010s
207 births
- 2020s 69
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 263 births (34% of all-time use).
How Ellise compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ellise's total volume
Ellise by state
Where Ellise concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
11 of 776 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Ellise's data
- Ellise's decade-level peak was the 2000s (263 total births); usage has since declined to 69 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Ellises (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Ellise
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ellise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~107 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ellise draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.