How Many People Are Named Ella?
people named Ella are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,515 people in the US has this name
Based on 352,214 babies named Ella in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
9,898 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ella (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ella alive today is about 21 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ella first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2010, to 9,898 babies. In 2025, 5,831 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ella never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #12, in 2011 to 2012, and it was in the top 100 in 73 years between 1880 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #29.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #29 |
| Best rank | #12 (2011 to 2012) |
| Years in the top 100 | 73 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #14 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ella alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ella were born in California than in any other state: about 19,603 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ella was given 2.1 times as often in Mississippi, 1.8 times in Alabama and 1.8 times in South Carolina.
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