Is Elis a boy or girl name?

Elis is a unisex name. Of the 606 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 52.8% were girls and 47.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2022, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Elis

Recorded 1911–2025 · United States

Elis was most popular in 2021, when 35 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,071 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,448, with 27 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 606 people named Elis.

Elis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Elis’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Elis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elis is a unisex name — 52.8% of the 606 Americans given it were girls and 47.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2022 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 54% girls and 46% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org