NameTides

Ella

Ella was the #29 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5,831 babies), and #46 in England & Wales and #22 in Canada.

Ella as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Ella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Ella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#29 (5,831)#46 (932)#14 (164)#25 (52)#17 (176)#22 (612)#11 (248)#16 (209)
2024#30 (5,715)#39 (1,108)#9 (195)#12 (85)#14 (192)#26 (592)#15 (237)#9 (264)
2023#32 (5,670)#27 (1,307)#6 (213)#7 (97)#10 (231)#26 (607)#13 (252)#10 (234)
2022#25 (6,291)#25 (1,522)#9 (226)#12 (88)#14 (240)#23 (646)#7 (331)#8 (283)
2021#16 (7,041)#20 (1,756)#5 (259)#8 (111)#10 (268)#15 (814)#10 (322)#11 (266)
2020#15 (7,372)#16 (1,887)#7 (267)#10 (101)#7 (265)#20 (729)#14 (289)#10 (265)
2019#13 (8,131)#13 (2,105)#5 (284)#3 (149)#9 (292)#14 (848)#10 (310)#15 (267)
2018#15 (8,127)#9 (2,326)#6 (295)#5 (151)#6 (311)#15 (826)#17 (270)#12 (246)
2017#16 (8,084)#9 (2,452)#8 (290)#7 (128)#14 (286)#12 (897)#9 (351)#10 (248)
2016#17 (7,940)#9 (2,702)#8 (285)#8 (142)#11 (331)#15 (887)#17 (322)#13 (242)
2015#18 (7,918)#6 (3,028)#8 (341)#2 (197)#6 (384)#14 (958)#15 (322)#11 (236)
2014#17 (8,570)#16 (2,465)#11 (273)#5 (172)#6 (398)#16 (942)#12 (376)#10 (274)
2013#15 (8,461)#16 (2,722)#9 (300)#4 (189)#4 (478)#13 (975)#14 (372)#12 (274)
2012#12 (9,210)#18 (2,559)#24 (193)#12 (141)#7 (445)#10 (1,114)#14 (397)#13 (318)
2011#12 (9,597)#16 (2,783)#33 (172)#11 (157)#11 (434)#12 (1,044)#12 (457)#9 (339)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #13.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 280 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 280common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 270common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 110very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 140very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 120very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 240common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ella is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 270 to 1 in 340.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ella by state, 2025Alaska: #70AKMaine: #34MEWisconsin: #16WIVermont: #11VTNew Hampshire: #38NHWashington: #44WAIdaho: #21IDMontana: #20MTNorth Dakota: #7NDMinnesota: #21MNIllinois: #36ILMichigan: #21MINew York: #18NYMassachusetts: #22MAOregon: #40ORNevada: #24NVWyoming: #31WYSouth Dakota: #12SDIowa: #29IAIndiana: #30INOhio: #29OHPennsylvania: #20PANew Jersey: #32NJConnecticut: #30CTRhode Island: #36RICalifornia: #41CAUtah: #39UTColorado: #30CONebraska: #25NEMissouri: #26MOKentucky: #14KYWest Virginia: #22WVVirginia: #32VAMaryland: #36MDDelaware: #14DEArizona: #42AZNew Mexico: #82NMKansas: #48KSArkansas: #23ARTennessee: #22TNNorth Carolina: #23NCSouth Carolina: #39SCDistrict of Columbia: #64DCOklahoma: #20OKLouisiana: #21LAMississippi: #15MSAlabama: #13ALGeorgia: #21GAHawaii: #18HITexas: #43TXFlorida: #27FL
Ella (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#23260
Quebec2025#7572

Ella (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
EllaCanadaGirls#22612
EllaEngland & WalesGirls#46932
Ella-England & WalesGirls—too few
EllaIrelandGirls#17176
EllaIrelandBoys—too few
EllaNorthern IrelandGirls#2552
EllaNSWGirls#11248
EllaScotlandGirls#14164
EllaUSGirls#295,831
EllaUSBoys—too few
EllaVICGirls#16209