Ella is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #85 for girl births in the United States, given to 5,831 babies. Ella first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2010 (9,898 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,831 | #85 |
| 2024 | 5,715 | #84 |
| 2023 | 5,675 | #84 |
| 2022 | 6,291 | #74 |
| 2021 | 7,050 | #58 |
| 2020 | 7,372 | #52 |
| 2019 | 8,131 | #50 |
| 2018 | 8,137 | #53 |
| 2017 | 8,090 | #58 |
| 2016 | 7,945 | #63 |
| 2015 | 7,918 | #65 |
| 2014 | 8,577 | #59 |
| 2013 | 8,470 | #58 |
| 2012 | 9,223 | #50 |
| 2011 | 9,604 | #48 |
| 2010 | 9,898 | #51 |
| 2009 | 9,671 | #54 |
| 2008 | 9,374 | #67 |
| 2007 | 9,570 | #68 |
| 2006 | 9,227 | #75 |
| 2005 | 9,084 | #77 |
| 2004 | 8,279 | #85 |
| 2003 | 5,918 | #117 |
| 2002 | 3,567 | #195 |
| 2001 | 1,722 | #399 |
| 2000 | 1,232 | #526 |
| 1999 | 782 | #701 |
| 1998 | 659 | #785 |
| 1997 | 501 | #924 |
| 1996 | 383 | #1,103 |
| 1995 | 310 | #1,249 |
| 1994 | 314 | #1,248 |
| 1993 | 266 | #1,385 |
| 1992 | 229 | #1,513 |
| 1991 | 216 | #1,556 |
| 1990 | 237 | #1,453 |
| 1989 | 165 | #1,773 |
| 1988 | 183 | #1,567 |
| 1987 | 128 | #1,917 |
| 1986 | 128 | #1,866 |
| 1985 | 147 | #1,700 |
| 1984 | 138 | #1,719 |
| 1983 | 156 | #1,591 |
| 1982 | 176 | #1,491 |
| 1981 | 181 | #1,462 |
| 1980 | 174 | #1,510 |
| 1979 | 173 | #1,500 |
| 1978 | 174 | #1,451 |
| 1977 | 163 | #1,512 |
| 1976 | 183 | #1,362 |
| 1975 | 182 | #1,345 |
| 1974 | 212 | #1,228 |
| 1973 | 224 | #1,165 |
| 1972 | 205 | #1,245 |
| 1971 | 257 | #1,120 |
| 1970 | 323 | #1,000 |
| 1969 | 320 | #972 |
| 1968 | 314 | #962 |
| 1967 | 382 | #863 |
| 1966 | 430 | #803 |
| 1965 | 485 | #764 |
| 1964 | 564 | #729 |
| 1963 | 597 | #701 |
| 1962 | 637 | #671 |
| 1961 | 714 | #642 |
| 1960 | 752 | #630 |
| 1959 | 867 | #579 |
| 1958 | 841 | #582 |
| 1957 | 968 | #529 |
| 1956 | 989 | #508 |
| 1955 | 1,130 | #454 |
| 1954 | 1,099 | #455 |
| 1953 | 1,170 | #434 |
| 1952 | 1,254 | #408 |
| 1951 | 1,364 | #386 |
| 1950 | 1,384 | #369 |
| 1949 | 1,558 | #342 |
| 1948 | 1,562 | #340 |
| 1947 | 1,641 | #334 |
| 1946 | 1,508 | #329 |
| 1945 | 1,481 | #301 |
| 1944 | 1,578 | #294 |
| 1943 | 1,674 | #291 |
| 1942 | 1,680 | #285 |
| 1941 | 1,716 | #262 |
| 1940 | 1,682 | #263 |
| 1939 | 1,842 | #246 |
| 1938 | 1,737 | #255 |
| 1937 | 1,764 | #247 |
| 1936 | 1,849 | #230 |
| 1935 | 1,922 | #226 |
| 1934 | 2,089 | #208 |
| 1933 | 2,045 | #209 |
| 1932 | 2,275 | #198 |
| 1931 | 2,175 | #199 |
| 1930 | 2,423 | #192 |
| 1929 | 2,494 | #183 |
| 1928 | 2,686 | #179 |
| 1927 | 2,856 | #174 |
| 1926 | 2,870 | #165 |
| 1925 | 3,021 | #160 |
| 1924 | 3,080 | #159 |
| 1923 | 3,008 | #158 |
| 1922 | 3,167 | #152 |
| 1921 | 3,258 | #152 |
| 1920 | 3,244 | #149 |
| 1919 | 3,173 | #145 |
| 1918 | 3,299 | #143 |
| 1917 | 3,069 | #139 |
| 1916 | 2,970 | #138 |
| 1915 | 2,962 | #131 |
| 1914 | 2,318 | #126 |
| 1913 | 2,082 | #116 |
| 1912 | 1,921 | #113 |
| 1911 | 1,613 | #88 |
| 1910 | 1,595 | #84 |
| 1909 | 1,391 | #82 |
| 1908 | 1,434 | #76 |
| 1907 | 1,456 | #73 |
| 1906 | 1,350 | #72 |
| 1905 | 1,448 | #69 |
| 1904 | 1,439 | #65 |
| 1903 | 1,426 | #66 |
| 1902 | 1,532 | #60 |
| 1901 | 1,442 | #56 |
| 1900 | 1,923 | #55 |
| 1899 | 1,510 | #56 |
| 1898 | 1,726 | #53 |
| 1897 | 1,708 | #50 |
| 1896 | 1,689 | #51 |
| 1895 | 1,692 | #49 |
| 1894 | 1,769 | #44 |
| 1893 | 1,760 | #42 |
| 1892 | 1,814 | #40 |
| 1891 | 1,692 | #35 |
| 1890 | 1,758 | #37 |
| 1889 | 1,647 | #36 |
| 1888 | 1,782 | #31 |
| 1887 | 1,521 | #29 |
| 1886 | 1,470 | #35 |
| 1885 | 1,401 | #35 |
| 1884 | 1,380 | #35 |
| 1883 | 1,256 | #32 |
| 1882 | 1,206 | #31 |
| 1881 | 1,148 | #29 |
| 1880 | 1,156 | #29 |