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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |