Names like Ella

In 2025, 5,831 girls born in the US were named Ella, #29 among girls' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1880, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1990.

Its best rank was #12, every year from 2011 to 2012.

The most births in one year were 9,884, in 2010.

Births fell 26% from 7,918 in 2015.

For 1 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1985 or later (Ella's began in 1990).

Ella's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #13
2. 1890
   #23
3. 1900
   #42
4. 1910
   #62
5. 1920
   #88
6. 1930
   #107
7. 1940
   #146
8. 1950
   #198
9. 1960
   #350
10. 1970
    #559
11. 1980
    #862
12. 1990
    #817
13. 2000
    #263
14. 2010
    #13
15. 2020
    #15
16. 2025
    #29

12 girl names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Ella's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.