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How popular is “Ellison” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ellison” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ellison” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ellison” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ellison” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ellison” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ellison” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ellison” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1907 11 0.000023636 11 -100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 28 0.000019769 6 22 -57%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 -100%
1918 24 0.000011054 24 -100%
1919 22 0.000010425 22 -100%
1920 32 0.000014143 32 -100%
1921 31 0.000013279 31 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 -100%
1926 17 0.000007404 17 -100%
1927 19 0.000008192 19 -100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 -100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 -100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 -100%
1935 17 0.000008134 17 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 27 0.000012672 27 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 -100%
1940 21 0.00000912 21 -100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 21 0.00000744 21 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 -100%
1947 26 0.000007218 26 -100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 -100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 -100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 -100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 -100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 5 15 -50%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 18 0.000004345 7 11 -22%
1962 20 0.000004956 5 15 -50%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 20 0.000005546 5 15 -50%
1971 21 0.000006118 7 14 -33%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 22 0.000007286 8 14 -27%
1976 15 0.000004943 5 10 -33%
1977 20 0.000006296 8 12 -20%
1978 22 0.000006932 7 15 -36%
1979 12 0.000003607 7 5 17%
1980 21 0.000006097 8 13 -24%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 15 0.000004276 5 10 -33%
1983 14 0.000004042 7 7 0%
1984 19 0.000005446 7 12 -26%
1985 14 0.000003923 5 9 -29%
1986 40 0.000011245 10 30 -50%
1987 27 0.000007488 5 22 -63%
1988 29 0.000007848 9 20 -38%
1989 30 0.000007803 15 15 0%
1990 33 0.000008349 7 26 -58%
1991 26 0.000006675 9 17 -31%
1992 30 0.00000781 14 16 -7%
1993 26 0.000006896 12 14 -8%
1994 37 0.000009953 18 19 -3%
1995 31 0.000008465 20 11 29%
1996 38 0.000010419 22 16 16%
1997 41 0.000011308 32 9 56%
1998 62 0.000016856 40 22 29%
1999 51 0.000013807 36 15 41%
2000 69 0.000018254 54 15 57%
2001 78 0.000020837 58 20 49%
2002 92 0.00002461 68 24 48%
2003 102 0.000026826 83 19 63%
2004 118 0.000030883 96 22 63%
2005 138 0.000035892 117 21 70%
2006 190 0.000048026 158 32 66%
2007 172 0.000043025 150 22 74%
2008 201 0.000051136 172 29 71%
2009 177 0.000046333 146 31 65%
2010 226 0.000061152 196 30 73%
2011 266 0.000072721 235 31 77%
2012 280 0.000076558 237 43 69%
2013 347 0.000095181 266 81 53%
2014 376 0.000101447 304 72 62%
2015 379 0.000102407 287 92 51%
2016 393 0.000107122 298 95 52%
2017 371 0.000103742 270 101 46%
2018 371 0.000105521 271 100 46%
2019 403 0.000116107 323 80 60%
2020 375 0.000112256 290 85 55%
2021 424 0.000125149 329 95 55%
2022 327 0.000096656 239 88 46%
2023 310 0.000093622 229 81 48%
2024 305 0.000091633 232 73 52%

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