Ellyson — #9229 US girls' name
475 babies named Ellyson in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
58% of everyone ever named Ellyson was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Ellyson in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ellyson
The Social Security Administration has registered 475 babies named Ellyson between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ellyson currently holds the #9229 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 40 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellyson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 274 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ellyson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ellyson in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ellyson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 475 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ellyson at a glance
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Current rank
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Ellyson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2011)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #9229 among girls.
475 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 40 births in a single year.
Ellyson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 274 births that decade — 58% of Ellyson's all-time total
Ellyson decade highlights
- Peak decade 274 births
- Runner-up 125 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ellyson's strongest decade
274 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Ellyson by state
Where Ellyson concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 2.1% |
10 of 475 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.