Ela Girl
How popular is Ela?
#1,561 girl name in 2025
135 baby girls were named Ela in the US in 2025, making it the 1561st most popular girl name.
Ela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,561 for girls (▲ 158 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 135 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,996 in 2015, #1,704 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (150 girls) |
| Highest rank | #931 in 1903 |
| First recorded | 1887 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ella family of names ranked #40 for girls in 2025 (#38 the year before), with 6,028 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ela is most popular
Babies named Ela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (85 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Ela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #1,024 |
| 1890s | 50 | #963 |
| 1900s | 62 | #931 |
| 1910s | 76 | #1,956 |
| 1920s | 88 | #2,590 |
| 1930s | 39 | #2,689 |
| 1950s | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1960s | 18 | #4,864 |
| 1970s | 16 | #8,290 |
| 1980s | 24 | #8,773 |
| 1990s | 76 | #7,710 |
| 2000s | 521 | #2,041 |
| 2010s | 1,152 | #1,461 |
| 2020s | 699 | #1,561 |
Girl names about as popular as Ela
Questions
- Is Ela a boy or girl name?
- Ela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ela were girls.
- How popular is the name Ela?
- 135 baby girls were named Ela in the US in 2025, making it the 1561st most popular girl name.
- When was Ela most popular?
- Ela peaked in 2018, when 150 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #931 in 1903.
- How many people are named Ela?
- 2,846 babies have been named Ela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,507 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Ela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ela was most common in Florida, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.