NameTides

Ellah

Ellah was the #4,661 girls' name in the US in 2025 (29 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Ellah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Ellah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Ellah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#4,661 (29)#5,927 (3)——
2024#4,294 (33)———
2023#4,746 (28)#5,688 (3)——
2022#3,963 (37)#3,971 (5)——
2021#3,735 (40)#4,634 (4)——
2020#3,338 (46)———
2019#3,552 (43)#5,591 (3)—#2,872 (6)
2018#3,245 (49)#4,684 (4)——
2017#4,066 (36)#4,763 (4)#808 (3)#2,374 (8)
2016#3,656 (42)#4,096 (5)—#3,294 (5)
2015#2,890 (60)#4,103 (5)—#2,011 (10)
2014#2,922 (58)#4,003 (5)—#2,905 (6)
2013#3,573 (43)#4,050 (5)——
2012#3,267 (50)#5,876 (3)—#2,921 (6)
2011#3,303 (49)#2,636 (9)—#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #2,514.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 56,000 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 56,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ellah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 61,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 49,000 to 1 in 77,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ellah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,887FL
Ellah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EllahCanadaGirls—too few
EllahEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
EllahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EllahScotlandGirls—too few
EllahUSGirls#4,66129