Ella
#29 for girls in 2025, 5,831 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 9,597 births
- Debut · girls
- 1,156 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 73 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 351,313since 1880
Ella over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #29 | 5,831 | — | |
| 2024 | #30 | 5,715 | — | |
| 2023 | #32 | 5,670 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #25 | 6,291 | — | |
| 2021 | #16 | 7,041 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #15 | 7,372 | — | |
| 2019 | #13 | 8,131 | — | |
| 2018 | #15 | 8,127 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #16 | 8,084 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #17 | 7,940 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #18 | 7,918 | — | |
| 2014 | #17 | 8,570 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #15 | 8,461 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #12 | 9,210 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #12 | 9,597 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #13 | 9,884 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #15 | 9,659 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #19 | 9,364 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #21 | 9,554 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #21 | 9,213 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #23 | 9,072 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #29 | 8,252 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #44 | 5,909 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #89 | 3,567 | — | |
| 2001 | #190 | 1,722 | — | |
| 2000 | #264 | 1,232 | — | |
| 1999 | #373 | 782 | — | |
| 1998 | #409 | 659 | — | |
| 1997 | #492 | 501 | — | |
| 1996 | #595 | 383 | — | |
| 1995 | #686 | 310 | — | |
| 1994 | #675 | 314 | — | |
| 1993 | #775 | 266 | — | |
| 1992 | #862 | 229 | — | |
| 1991 | #899 | 216 | — | |
| 1990 | #827 | 237 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,037 | 165 | — | |
| 1988 | #923 | 183 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,150 | 128 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,129 | 128 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,023 | 147 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,028 | 138 | — | |
| 1983 | #947 | 156 | — | |
| 1982 | #876 | 176 | — | |
| 1981 | #858 | 181 | — | |
| 1980 | #881 | 174 | — | |
| 1979 | #881 | 173 | — | |
| 1978 | #849 | 174 | — | |
| 1977 | #880 | 163 | — | |
| 1976 | #780 | 183 | — | |
| 1975 | #774 | 182 | — | |
| 1974 | #693 | 212 | — | |
| 1973 | #664 | 224 | — | |
| 1972 | #705 | 205 | — | |
| 1971 | #640 | 257 | — | |
| 1970 | #564 | 323 | — | |
| 1969 | #551 | 320 | — | |
| 1968 | #543 | 314 | — | |
| 1967 | #486 | 382 | — | |
| 1966 | #453 | 430 | — | |
| 1965 | #429 | 479 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #411 | 564 | — | |
| 1963 | #393 | 597 | — | |
| 1962 | #374 | 630 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #358 | 714 | — | |
| 1960 | #352 | 746 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #314 | 867 | — | |
| 1958 | #320 | 841 | — | |
| 1957 | #290 | 968 | — | |
| 1956 | #276 | 989 | — | |
| 1955 | #244 | 1,125 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #244 | 1,099 | — | |
| 1953 | #235 | 1,161 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #220 | 1,245 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #206 | 1,364 | — | |
| 1950 | #198 | 1,379 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #177 | 1,552 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #177 | 1,554 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #177 | 1,635 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #177 | 1,499 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #158 | 1,473 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #158 | 1,573 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #155 | 1,664 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #152 | 1,659 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #141 | 1,697 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #146 | 1,671 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #132 | 1,829 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #140 | 1,728 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #134 | 1,748 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #126 | 1,836 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #122 | 1,901 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #113 | 2,071 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #113 | 2,027 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #108 | 2,256 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #110 | 2,162 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #107 | 2,404 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #102 | 2,475 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #100 | 2,670 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #98 | 2,843 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #98 | 2,852 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #93 | 3,006 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #94 | 3,061 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #93 | 2,995 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #90 | 3,150 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #89 | 3,237 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #88 | 3,232 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #87 | 3,158 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #84 | 3,291 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #83 | 3,054 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #81 | 2,965 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #75 | 2,954 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #72 | 2,308 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #70 | 2,071 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #69 | 1,921 | — | |
| 1911 | #63 | 1,604 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #62 | 1,587 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #60 | 1,382 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #56 | 1,428 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #54 | 1,450 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #54 | 1,343 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #52 | 1,438 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | #48 | 1,432 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #50 | 1,419 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #45 | 1,525 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #42 | 1,435 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #42 | 1,911 | #743 | 12 |
| 1899 | #42 | 1,502 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #39 | 1,715 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #36 | 1,708 | — | |
| 1896 | #36 | 1,683 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #35 | 1,692 | — | |
| 1894 | #31 | 1,761 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #28 | 1,760 | — | |
| 1892 | #27 | 1,808 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #23 | 1,685 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #23 | 1,758 | — | |
| 1889 | #22 | 1,647 | — | |
| 1888 | #18 | 1,774 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | #16 | 1,521 | — | |
| 1886 | #19 | 1,464 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #19 | 1,395 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #19 | 1,374 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #16 | 1,251 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #15 | 1,206 | — | |
| 1881 | #13 | 1,148 | — | |
| 1880 | #13 | 1,156 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ella was already there! It came in at #13, and was given to 1,156 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1989, when fewer than 190 girls a year got the name.
Where Ella is popular in 1909
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Ella
- 1 spot since 2024 (#30 → #29)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#15 → #29)
- 11 spots since 2015 (#18 → #29)
- Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1988 (#1,150 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1989 (#923 → #1,037)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2011 at #12 (9,597 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 73 yrs · run 1880–1928
- Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1880–1983
- Highest: 1 in 79 girls born in 1880 were named Ella (1.3%)
- Latest: 1 in 276 girls born in 2025 (0.36%)
- Its best rank, #12 in 2011, was only 1 in 183 (0.55%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.5% of all girls named Ella (85,922) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #13 (1880) → #1,150 (1987) → #12 (2011)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13,936 | #13 (1880) | #17 |
| 1890s | 17,072 | #23 (1890) | #32 |
| 1900s | 14,763 | #42 (1900) | #50 |
| 1910s | 24,913 | #62 (1910) | #75 |
| 1920s | 29,521 | #88 (1920) | #95 |
| 1930s | 19,962 | #107 (1930) | #121 |
| 1940s | 15,977 | #141 (1941) | #162 |
| 1950s | 11,038 | #198 (1950) | #255 |
| 1960s | 5,176 | #352 (1960) | #435 |
| 1970s | 2,096 | #564 (1970) | #743 |
| 1980s | 1,576 | #858 (1981) | #985 |
| 1990s | 3,897 | #373 (1999) | #659 |
| 2000s | 67,544 | #15 (2009) | #72 |
| 2010s | 85,922 | #12 (2011) | #15 |
| 2020s | 37,920 | #15 (2020) | #25 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ella in 1909
Top girls' names in 1909
Top boys' names in 1909
More about 1909
girls
347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 251 of them was named Ella, which outranked 97.6% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 18,222 of them was named Ella, which outranked 39.2% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).