Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from the given name Elis, a medieval vernacular form of Elias, this name has also been used as an Anglicized form of Welsh Elisedd.
20062006: 267 births, rank #776
2007: 262 births, rank #815
2008: 276 births, rank #795
2009: 328 births, rank #720
2010: 314 births, rank #729
20112011: 313 births, rank #726
2012: 403 births, rank #611
2013: 501 births, rank #531
2014: 680 births, rank #443
2015: 740 births, rank #422
20162016: 999 births, rank #347
2017: 1,109 births, rank #311
2018: 1,063 births, rank #318
2019: 976 births, rank #342
2020: 1,010 births, rank #326
20212021: 1,038 births, rank #320
2022: 1,094 births, rank #307
2023: 1,230 births, rank #275
2024: 1,250 births, rank #273
20252025: 1,417 births, rank #243
Ellis rose from #273 to #243 for boys between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 1,417.