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How popular is the name Ella?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ellas are alive today.
Ella (female) is currently the 39th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 1,108 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 3,671 babies were given the name, the 9th most popular that year. Ella fell out of the top 100 after 1904 and returned in 1994, a classic revival pattern. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 70,000 babies have been named Ella in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Ella is one spelling of a name also recorded as Ela; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
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 14 and 44, 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 Ella each year?
Includes all spellings: Ella, Ela. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ella spelling rank?
Where does the Ela 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 Ella most popular?
Ella peaked in 2007, when 3,776 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Ella?
At least 100,000 people named Ella in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ella?
Most living Ellas are between 14 and 44; the most common age is about 20.
Is Ella becoming more or less popular?
Reviving: it has returned to the top 100 after time away.