Ella

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #29in 2025
  • 1 in 275girls in 2025
  • −18%last ten years
  • 4.4×in Vermont

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record. Quieter now: down 18% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06,35212,70418801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Ella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188012,704
188112,485
188211,183
188311,138
188410,650
188510,484
188610,129
188710,419
18889,932
18899,234
18909,234
18919,084
18928,515
18938,267
18947,900
18957,242
18967,074
18977,293
18986,628
18996,446
19006,375
19015,996
19025,775
19035,417
19045,200
19054,931
19064,548
19074,552
19084,271
19093,980
19104,002
19113,834
19123,442
19133,316
19143,031
19153,002
19162,839
19172,824
19182,843
19192,794
19202,697
19212,625
19222,623
19232,483
19242,451
19252,469
19262,406
19272,384
19282,315
19292,217
19302,135
19312,031
19322,114
19332,011
19341,983
19351,813
19361,765
19371,643
19381,566
19391,668
19401,461
19411,405
19421,228
19431,193
19441,185
19451,127
1946954
1947922
1948915
1949907
1950805
1951757
1952671
1953617
1954566
1955575
1956493
1957473
1958418
1959428
1960369
1961354
1962320
1963310
1964298
1965271
1966254
1967231
1968191
1969190
1970185
1971154
1972135
1973154
1974144
1975125
1976125
1977106
1978114
1979108
1980105
1981109
1982104
198393
198482
198585
198675
198774
1988103
198990
1990125
1991115
1992124
1993147
1994176
1995176
1996218
1997288
1998373
1999441
2000678
2001956
20021,985
20033,234
20044,494
20054,910
20064,846
20074,969
20084,952
20095,258
20105,560
20115,456
20125,230
20134,822
20144,797
20154,436
20164,481
20174,682
20184,778
20194,845
20204,560
20214,291
20223,836
20233,534
20243,527
20253,628

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 4.4×
  2. North Dakota 2.9×
  3. Hawaii 2.7×
  4. Rhode Island 2.5×
  5. Alaska 2.3×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
5,831
Rank in 2025
#29
How rare
1 in 275 girls
Since 1880
351,313

Most popular in 1880, at 12,704 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 18% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont4.4×44
North Dakota2.9×80
Hawaii2.7×63
Rhode Island2.5×65
Alaska2.3×41

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