Baby name

Ela

Girl

Rising name

In 2018, Ela reached its peak: 150 girls, 1 baby in 23,446. The momentum is recent: births are up 1% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. In 2025, it ranked No. 1561. 40% of all babies named Ela since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

2,846births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 1461rank at its peak, in 2018

Where babies named Ela are born

2018

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The darker the blue, the more common Ela is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Ela is most common in New York (3.3 times) and California (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Ella 351,313
Eva 284,761
Eula 47,159
Lela 43,005
Elva 31,697
Elsa 30,710

Names from the same era

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