NameTides

Elara

Elara was the #941 girls' name in the US in 2025 (275 babies), and #340 in England & Wales and #450 in Canada.

Elara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Elara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandUSIreland
Elara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#941 (275)#340 (127)#474 (6)#397 (3)#885 (3)#450 (68)
2024#1,152 (209)#467 (88)#638 (4)——#566 (52)
2023#1,377 (163)#569 (68)———#1,044 (24)
2022#1,325 (177)#574 (68)—#418 (3)—#1,095 (23)
2021#1,441 (149)#537 (75)———#1,229 (20)
2020#1,552 (136)#571 (69)#765 (3)——#1,295 (18)
2019#1,436 (155)#601 (66)#376 (9)——#970 (27)
2018#1,299 (175)#624 (65)#502 (6)—#896 (3)#779 (36)
2017#1,697 (126)#631 (66)#666 (4)—#734 (4)#1,584 (14)
2016#3,010 (55)#1,211 (28)——#868 (3)#1,785 (12)
2015#4,403 (32)#1,649 (18)———#2,891 (6)
2014#5,797 (22)#1,341 (24)———#2,905 (6)
2013#5,644 (23)#2,460 (10)———#2,888 (6)
2012#6,576 (19)#4,838 (4)————
2011#6,855 (18)#2,893 (8)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #941.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2002.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Elara is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 6,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,087TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Elara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#70817

Elara (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElaraCanadaGirls#45068
ElaraEngland & WalesGirls#340127
ElaraIrelandGirls#8853
ElaraNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
ElaraScotlandGirls#4746
ElaraUSGirls#941275