Ella
Rank in 2025
#29
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
5,831
girls 5,831
Peak year
1880
1,156 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
352,214
since 1880
Born an Ella? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ella was most popular in 1880, when 1,156 babies recorded as girls got the name (12.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 5,831 babies were named Ella, ranking #29 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 25%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,831 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 5,715 | 30 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 5,670 | 32 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 6,291 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 7,041 | 16 | 9 | 8166 |
| 2020 | 7,372 | 15 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 8,131 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 8,127 | 15 | 10 | 7617 |
| 2017 | 8,084 | 16 | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | 7,940 | 17 | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | 7,918 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 8,570 | 17 | 7 | 9642 |
| 2013 | 8,461 | 15 | 9 | 8118 |
| 2012 | 9,210 | 12 | 13 | 6306 |
| 2011 | 9,597 | 12 | 7 | 9600 |
| 2010 | 9,884 | 13 | 14 | 6036 |
| 2009 | 9,659 | 15 | 12 | 6802 |
| 2008 | 9,364 | 19 | 10 | 7698 |
| 2007 | 9,554 | 21 | 16 | 5434 |
| 2006 | 9,213 | 21 | 14 | 5781 |
| 2005 | 9,072 | 23 | 12 | 6226 |
| 2004 | 8,252 | 29 | 27 | 3456 |
| 2003 | 5,909 | 44 | 9 | 7245 |
| 2002 | 3,567 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,722 | 190 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,232 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 782 | 373 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 659 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 501 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 383 | 595 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 310 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 314 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 266 | 775 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 229 | 862 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 216 | 899 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 237 | 827 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 165 | 1037 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 183 | 923 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 128 | 1150 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 128 | 1129 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 147 | 1023 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 138 | 1028 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 156 | 947 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 176 | 876 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 181 | 858 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 174 | 881 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 173 | 881 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 174 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 163 | 880 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 183 | 780 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 182 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 212 | 693 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 224 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 205 | 705 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 257 | 640 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 323 | 564 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 320 | 551 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 314 | 543 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 382 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 430 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 479 | 429 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1964 | 564 | 411 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 597 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 630 | 374 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 714 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 746 | 352 | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | 867 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 841 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 968 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 989 | 276 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 1,125 | 244 | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | 1,099 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 1,161 | 235 | 9 | 2709 |
| 1952 | 1,245 | 220 | 9 | 2680 |
| 1951 | 1,364 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,379 | 198 | 5 | 3681 |
| 1949 | 1,552 | 177 | 6 | 3298 |
| 1948 | 1,554 | 177 | 8 | 2788 |
| 1947 | 1,635 | 177 | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | 1,499 | 177 | 9 | 2534 |
| 1945 | 1,473 | 158 | 8 | 2574 |
| 1944 | 1,573 | 158 | 5 | 3430 |
| 1943 | 1,664 | 155 | 10 | 2405 |
| 1942 | 1,659 | 152 | 21 | 1537 |
| 1941 | 1,697 | 141 | 19 | 1588 |
| 1940 | 1,671 | 146 | 11 | 2179 |
| 1939 | 1,829 | 132 | 13 | 1958 |
| 1938 | 1,728 | 140 | 9 | 2479 |
| 1937 | 1,748 | 134 | 16 | 1756 |
| 1936 | 1,836 | 126 | 13 | 1964 |
| 1935 | 1,901 | 122 | 21 | 1494 |
| 1934 | 2,071 | 113 | 18 | 1658 |
| 1933 | 2,027 | 113 | 18 | 1644 |
| 1932 | 2,256 | 108 | 19 | 1651 |
| 1931 | 2,162 | 110 | 13 | 2101 |
| 1930 | 2,404 | 107 | 19 | 1693 |
| 1929 | 2,475 | 102 | 19 | 1731 |
| 1928 | 2,670 | 100 | 16 | 1960 |
| 1927 | 2,843 | 98 | 13 | 2298 |
| 1926 | 2,852 | 98 | 18 | 1846 |
| 1925 | 3,006 | 93 | 15 | 2089 |
| 1924 | 3,061 | 94 | 19 | 1839 |
| 1923 | 2,995 | 93 | 13 | 2331 |
| 1922 | 3,150 | 90 | 17 | 1952 |
| 1921 | 3,237 | 89 | 21 | 1703 |
| 1920 | 3,232 | 88 | 12 | 2459 |
| 1919 | 3,158 | 87 | 15 | 2063 |
| 1918 | 3,291 | 84 | 8 | 3096 |
| 1917 | 3,054 | 83 | 15 | 1986 |
| 1916 | 2,965 | 81 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 2,954 | 75 | 8 | 2829 |
| 1914 | 2,308 | 72 | 10 | 2101 |
| 1913 | 2,071 | 70 | 11 | 1676 |
| 1912 | 1,921 | 69 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 1,604 | 63 | 9 | 1190 |
| 1910 | 1,587 | 62 | 8 | 1193 |
| 1909 | 1,382 | 60 | 9 | 1020 |
| 1908 | 1,428 | 56 | 6 | 1217 |
| 1907 | 1,450 | 54 | 6 | 1200 |
| 1906 | 1,343 | 54 | 7 | 1004 |
| 1905 | 1,438 | 52 | 10 | 786 |
| 1904 | 1,432 | 48 | 7 | 966 |
| 1903 | 1,419 | 50 | 7 | 910 |
| 1902 | 1,525 | 45 | 7 | 933 |
| 1901 | 1,435 | 42 | 7 | 858 |
| 1900 | 1,911 | 42 | 12 | 743 |
| 1899 | 1,502 | 42 | 8 | 786 |
| 1898 | 1,715 | 39 | 11 | 663 |
| 1897 | 1,708 | 36 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 1,683 | 36 | 6 | 982 |
| 1895 | 1,692 | 35 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 1,761 | 31 | 8 | 787 |
| 1893 | 1,760 | 28 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 1,808 | 27 | 6 | 956 |
| 1891 | 1,685 | 23 | 7 | 766 |
| 1890 | 1,758 | 23 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 1,647 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 1,774 | 18 | 8 | 755 |
| 1887 | 1,521 | 16 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 1,464 | 19 | 6 | 845 |
| 1885 | 1,395 | 19 | 6 | 836 |
| 1884 | 1,374 | 19 | 6 | 848 |
| 1883 | 1,251 | 16 | 5 | 892 |
| 1882 | 1,206 | 15 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 1,148 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 1,156 | 13 | <5 | — |
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Where Ella is most popular
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- Wyoming1.9×
- North Dakota1.8×
- Rhode Island1.8×
- Maine1.7×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years