Name meaning & stats
Ellison
Ellison. 8,052 US babies since 1940, peak 2021.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2021
8,052 US babies were named Ellison between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ellison (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 80% of the family
- Ellison 80%
- Ellisyn 9%
- Ellasyn 5%
- Ellyson 5%
- Ellason 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2021)