Ella

Boy · recorded 1883–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1898best year

Most popular in 1898.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

0459018831918195319882023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 84 recorded years as a table
Ella, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188348
188452
188556
188654
188866
189169
189249
189469
189650
189890
189975
190080
190166
190257
190359
190455
190576
190653
190741
190839
190955
191041
191140
191321
191415
19159
19166
191716
19188
191915
192011
192119
192216
192312
192417
192513
192616
192712
192814
192918
193017
193113
193218
193318
193417
193520
193613
193715
19388
193912
19409
194115
194215
19437
19444
19456
19466
19473
19485
19493
19503
19525
19535
19552
19603
19623
19653
20035
200414
20056
20067
20078
20085
20096
20107
20114
20127
20135
20144
20163
20173
20186
20215
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ella isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#12,239
How rare
1 in 342,115 boys
Since 1883
901

Ella was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1898, at 90 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ella doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.