Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ela

#3,560 most common girls' name of all time · #6,087 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1887–2025

Rank among girls
#3,560
Rank overall
#6,087 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
2,846
Since 2016
1,200
Peak year
2018 #1,462
Best rank
#957 1903
Girls Boys peak 150/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ela first appears in 1887. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 135 135 #1,562
2024 118 118 #1,720
2023 110 110 #1,829
2022 99 99 #1,977
2021 118 118 #1,740
2020 119 119 #1,707
2019 136 136 #1,570
2018 150 150 #1,462
2017 115 115 #1,806
2016 100 100 #1,987
2015 99 99 #1,999
2014 104 104 #1,924
2013 98 98 #1,991
2012 117 117 #1,761
2011 116 116 #1,759
2010 117 117 #1,764
2009 100 100 #2,046
2008 69 69 #2,668
2007 73 73 #2,544
2006 68 68 #2,634
2005 78 78 #2,300
2004 44 44 #3,395
2003 44 44 #3,301
2002 13 13 #7,840
2001 18 18 #6,083
2000 14 14 #7,183
1999 12 12 #7,749
1998 11 11 #8,045
1997 6 6 #12,137
1996 10 10 #8,170
1995 6 6 #11,833
1993 7 7 #10,643
1992 8 8 #9,548
1991 8 8 #9,385
1990 8 8 #9,285
1988 7 7 #9,291
1987 7 7 #8,834
1984 5 5 #10,495
1983 5 5 #10,352
1977 6 6 #8,519
1975 5 5 #9,155
1972 5 5 #8,382
1967 5 5 #6,877
1962 8 8 #4,905
1960 5 5 #6,475
1958 6 6 #5,486
1936 7 7 #3,447
1935 7 7 #3,486
1932 7 7 #3,620
1931 7 7 #3,566
1930 11 11 #2,726
1929 10 10 #2,982
1928 11 11 #2,814
1927 8 8 #3,607
1926 6 6 #4,384
1925 9 9 #3,413
1924 5 5 #5,152
1923 11 11 #2,970
1922 6 6 #4,526
1921 9 9 #3,454
1920 13 13 #2,627
1919 12 12 #2,680
1918 8 8 #3,568
1917 9 9 #3,143
1916 13 13 #2,403
1915 9 9 #2,951
1914 12 12 #2,053
1912 6 6 #2,711
1911 7 7 #2,036
1909 7 7 #1,836
1906 7 7 #1,636
1905 6 6 #1,783
1904 6 6 #1,744
1903 14 14 #957
1902 9 9 #1,275
1901 6 6 #1,574
1900 7 7 #1,643
1899 5 5 #1,693
1898 13 13 #1,002
1897 9 9 #1,148
1896 7 7 #1,360
1893 5 5 #1,537
1892 5 5 #1,562
1891 6 6 #1,299
1889 7 7 #1,120
1888 7 7 #1,114
1887 5 5 #1,274