Ela

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Ela is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 118 births. Its best rank was 942nd, in 1903.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 1180.01% of girls
Peak year: 2018150 births
Best rank: #942in 1903
Since 1887: 2,711people given the name

Babies named Ela, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

2,711 girls have been named Ela in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 150 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 42%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Ela
1880s	19
1890s	50
1900s	62
1910s	76
1920s	88
1930s	39
1950s	6
1960s	18
1970s	16
1980s	24
1990s	76
2000s	521
2010s	1,152
2020s	564

In 2018, its biggest year

Ela was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2018 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2018.

Names that rose and fell with Ela

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.