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How popular is the name Ela?
Births per year, rank history and how many Elas are alive today.
Ela (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Ella in England and Wales, ranked 684th in 2025 with 54 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 126 babies were given the name, the 372nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2025 figure is roughly 43% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ella you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Ellas born in England and Wales are between 13 and 43, and there are at least 100,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 27% chance that at least one of them will be called Ella.
How many babies are named Ela each year?
Includes all spellings: Ela, Ella. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ela spelling rank?
Where does the Ella spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ela most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ella, peaked in 2007, when 3,776 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Ela spelling itself peaked in 2011, with 126 babies.
How many people are called Ela?
At least 100,000 people named Ela in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ela?
Most living Elas are between 13 and 43; the most common age is about 20.
Is Ela becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.