Ella
#109 most common girls' name of all time · #208 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#109
Rank overall
#208 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
352,214
Since 2016
70,237
Peak year
2010 #13
Best rank
#12 2011
Girls
Boys
peak 9,898/yr
Ella is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,831 | — | 5,831 | #29 |
| 2024 | 5,715 | — | 5,715 | #30 |
| 2023 | 5,670 | 5 | 5,675 | #32 |
| 2022 | 6,291 | — | 6,291 | #25 |
| 2021 | 7,041 | 9 | 7,050 | #16 |
| 2020 | 7,372 | — | 7,372 | #15 |
| 2019 | 8,131 | — | 8,131 | #13 |
| 2018 | 8,127 | 10 | 8,137 | #15 |
| 2017 | 8,084 | 6 | 8,090 | #16 |
| 2016 | 7,940 | 5 | 7,945 | #17 |
| 2015 | 7,918 | — | 7,918 | #18 |
| 2014 | 8,570 | 7 | 8,577 | #17 |
| 2013 | 8,461 | 9 | 8,470 | #15 |
| 2012 | 9,210 | 13 | 9,223 | #12 |
| 2011 | 9,597 | 7 | 9,604 | #12 |
| 2010 | 9,884 | 14 | 9,898 | #13 |
| 2009 | 9,659 | 12 | 9,671 | #15 |
| 2008 | 9,364 | 10 | 9,374 | #19 |
| 2007 | 9,554 | 16 | 9,570 | #21 |
| 2006 | 9,213 | 14 | 9,227 | #21 |
| 2005 | 9,072 | 12 | 9,084 | #23 |
| 2004 | 8,252 | 27 | 8,279 | #29 |
| 2003 | 5,909 | 9 | 5,918 | #44 |
| 2002 | 3,567 | — | 3,567 | #89 |
| 2001 | 1,722 | — | 1,722 | #190 |
| 2000 | 1,232 | — | 1,232 | #264 |
| 1999 | 782 | — | 782 | #373 |
| 1998 | 659 | — | 659 | #409 |
| 1997 | 501 | — | 501 | #492 |
| 1996 | 383 | — | 383 | #595 |
| 1995 | 310 | — | 310 | #686 |
| 1994 | 314 | — | 314 | #675 |
| 1993 | 266 | — | 266 | #775 |
| 1992 | 229 | — | 229 | #862 |
| 1991 | 216 | — | 216 | #899 |
| 1990 | 237 | — | 237 | #827 |
| 1989 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,037 |
| 1988 | 183 | — | 183 | #923 |
| 1987 | 128 | — | 128 | #1,150 |
| 1986 | 128 | — | 128 | #1,129 |
| 1985 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,023 |
| 1984 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,028 |
| 1983 | 156 | — | 156 | #947 |
| 1982 | 176 | — | 176 | #876 |
| 1981 | 181 | — | 181 | #858 |
| 1980 | 174 | — | 174 | #881 |
| 1979 | 173 | — | 173 | #881 |
| 1978 | 174 | — | 174 | #849 |
| 1977 | 163 | — | 163 | #880 |
| 1976 | 183 | — | 183 | #780 |
| 1975 | 182 | — | 182 | #774 |
| 1974 | 212 | — | 212 | #693 |
| 1973 | 224 | — | 224 | #664 |
| 1972 | 205 | — | 205 | #705 |
| 1971 | 257 | — | 257 | #640 |
| 1970 | 323 | — | 323 | #564 |
| 1969 | 320 | — | 320 | #551 |
| 1968 | 314 | — | 314 | #543 |
| 1967 | 382 | — | 382 | #486 |
| 1966 | 430 | — | 430 | #453 |
| 1965 | 479 | 6 | 485 | #429 |
| 1964 | 564 | — | 564 | #411 |
| 1963 | 597 | — | 597 | #393 |
| 1962 | 630 | 7 | 637 | #374 |
| 1961 | 714 | — | 714 | #358 |
| 1960 | 746 | 6 | 752 | #352 |
| 1959 | 867 | — | 867 | #314 |
| 1958 | 841 | — | 841 | #320 |
| 1957 | 968 | — | 968 | #290 |
| 1956 | 989 | — | 989 | #276 |
| 1955 | 1,125 | 5 | 1,130 | #244 |
| 1954 | 1,099 | — | 1,099 | #244 |
| 1953 | 1,161 | 9 | 1,170 | #235 |
| 1952 | 1,245 | 9 | 1,254 | #220 |
| 1951 | 1,364 | — | 1,364 | #206 |
| 1950 | 1,379 | 5 | 1,384 | #198 |
| 1949 | 1,552 | 6 | 1,558 | #177 |
| 1948 | 1,554 | 8 | 1,562 | #177 |
| 1947 | 1,635 | 6 | 1,641 | #177 |
| 1946 | 1,499 | 9 | 1,508 | #177 |
| 1945 | 1,473 | 8 | 1,481 | #158 |
| 1944 | 1,573 | 5 | 1,578 | #158 |
| 1943 | 1,664 | 10 | 1,674 | #155 |
| 1942 | 1,659 | 21 | 1,680 | #152 |
| 1941 | 1,697 | 19 | 1,716 | #141 |
| 1940 | 1,671 | 11 | 1,682 | #146 |
| 1939 | 1,829 | 13 | 1,842 | #132 |
| 1938 | 1,728 | 9 | 1,737 | #140 |
| 1937 | 1,748 | 16 | 1,764 | #134 |
| 1936 | 1,836 | 13 | 1,849 | #126 |
| 1935 | 1,901 | 21 | 1,922 | #122 |
| 1934 | 2,071 | 18 | 2,089 | #113 |
| 1933 | 2,027 | 18 | 2,045 | #113 |
| 1932 | 2,256 | 19 | 2,275 | #108 |
| 1931 | 2,162 | 13 | 2,175 | #110 |
| 1930 | 2,404 | 19 | 2,423 | #107 |
| 1929 | 2,475 | 19 | 2,494 | #102 |
| 1928 | 2,670 | 16 | 2,686 | #100 |
| 1927 | 2,843 | 13 | 2,856 | #98 |
| 1926 | 2,852 | 18 | 2,870 | #98 |
| 1925 | 3,006 | 15 | 3,021 | #93 |
| 1924 | 3,061 | 19 | 3,080 | #94 |
| 1923 | 2,995 | 13 | 3,008 | #93 |
| 1922 | 3,150 | 17 | 3,167 | #90 |
| 1921 | 3,237 | 21 | 3,258 | #89 |
| 1920 | 3,232 | 12 | 3,244 | #88 |
| 1919 | 3,158 | 15 | 3,173 | #87 |
| 1918 | 3,291 | 8 | 3,299 | #84 |
| 1917 | 3,054 | 15 | 3,069 | #83 |
| 1916 | 2,965 | 5 | 2,970 | #81 |
| 1915 | 2,954 | 8 | 2,962 | #75 |
| 1914 | 2,308 | 10 | 2,318 | #72 |
| 1913 | 2,071 | 11 | 2,082 | #70 |
| 1912 | 1,921 | — | 1,921 | #69 |
| 1911 | 1,604 | 9 | 1,613 | #63 |
| 1910 | 1,587 | 8 | 1,595 | #62 |
| 1909 | 1,382 | 9 | 1,391 | #60 |
| 1908 | 1,428 | 6 | 1,434 | #56 |
| 1907 | 1,450 | 6 | 1,456 | #54 |
| 1906 | 1,343 | 7 | 1,350 | #54 |
| 1905 | 1,438 | 10 | 1,448 | #52 |
| 1904 | 1,432 | 7 | 1,439 | #48 |
| 1903 | 1,419 | 7 | 1,426 | #50 |
| 1902 | 1,525 | 7 | 1,532 | #45 |
| 1901 | 1,435 | 7 | 1,442 | #42 |
| 1900 | 1,911 | 12 | 1,923 | #42 |
| 1899 | 1,502 | 8 | 1,510 | #42 |
| 1898 | 1,715 | 11 | 1,726 | #39 |
| 1897 | 1,708 | — | 1,708 | #36 |
| 1896 | 1,683 | 6 | 1,689 | #36 |
| 1895 | 1,692 | — | 1,692 | #35 |
| 1894 | 1,761 | 8 | 1,769 | #31 |
| 1893 | 1,760 | — | 1,760 | #28 |
| 1892 | 1,808 | 6 | 1,814 | #27 |
| 1891 | 1,685 | 7 | 1,692 | #23 |
| 1890 | 1,758 | — | 1,758 | #23 |
| 1889 | 1,647 | — | 1,647 | #22 |
| 1888 | 1,774 | 8 | 1,782 | #18 |
| 1887 | 1,521 | — | 1,521 | #16 |
| 1886 | 1,464 | 6 | 1,470 | #19 |
| 1885 | 1,395 | 6 | 1,401 | #19 |
| 1884 | 1,374 | 6 | 1,380 | #19 |
| 1883 | 1,251 | 5 | 1,256 | #16 |
| 1882 | 1,206 | — | 1,206 | #15 |
| 1881 | 1,148 | — | 1,148 | #13 |
| 1880 | 1,156 | — | 1,156 | #13 |