Ella Girl
How popular is Ella?
#29 girl name in 2025
5,831 baby girls were named Ella in the US in 2025, making it the 29th most popular girl name.
Ella popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #29 for girls (▲ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5,831 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #18 in 2015, #15 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (9,884 girls) |
| Highest rank | #12 in 2011 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ella counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ella family of names ranked #40 for girls in 2025 (#38 the year before), with 6,028 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ella is most popular
Babies named Ella per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 12.6 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- North Dakota: 9.3 per 1,000 (122 girls)
- Rhode Island: 9.3 per 1,000 (116 girls)
- Hawaii: 9.1 per 1,000 (104 girls)
- Alaska: 8.5 per 1,000 (73 girls)
Ella by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13,936 | #13 |
| 1890s | 17,072 | #23 |
| 1900s | 14,763 | #42 |
| 1910s | 24,913 | #62 |
| 1920s | 29,521 | #88 |
| 1930s | 19,962 | #107 |
| 1940s | 15,977 | #141 |
| 1950s | 11,038 | #198 |
| 1960s | 5,176 | #352 |
| 1970s | 2,096 | #564 |
| 1980s | 1,576 | #858 |
| 1990s | 3,897 | #373 |
| 2000s | 67,544 | #15 |
| 2010s | 85,922 | #12 |
| 2020s | 37,920 | #15 |
Girl names about as popular as Ella
Questions
- Is Ella a boy or girl name?
- Ella is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ella were girls.
- How popular is the name Ella?
- 5,831 baby girls were named Ella in the US in 2025, making it the 29th most popular girl name.
- When was Ella most popular?
- Ella peaked in 2010, when 9,884 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #12, held for 2 years starting in 2011.
- How many people are named Ella?
- 352,214 babies have been named Ella in the US since 1880. We estimate about 227,774 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Ella most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ella was most common in Vermont, at 12.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.