Ella
In 2025 Ella comes in at #29 nationally, and it is easing off its peak. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 351,313 bearers and counting.
What Ella carries
Ella · Teutonic
“elf friend”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Ella’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Ella, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Ella since 1880
Ella peaked in 2010 at #13; #29 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Ella is most common
Among the states, Ella takes its largest share in Vermont, 1.54% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with North Dakota and Wyoming next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Ella
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Emma
#3 in 2025 · Teutonic
Emery
#74 in 2025 · Teutonic
Axel
#79 in 2025 · Teutonic
Audrey
#86 in 2025 · Teutonic
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
Carlos
#150 in 2025 · Teutonic
Henry
#5 in 2025 · Teutonic
Browse: names starting with E · Teutonic names · all names
About Ella
How common is Ella today?
In 2025 Ella comes in at #29 nationally, and it is easing off its peak. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Ella mean?
The reference we cite records “elf friend”, of Teutonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Ella?
The recipe puts Emma first, then Axel, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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