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Girl's name · #29 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Ella was #13 in 1880, slipped to #1152 by 1987, and has climbed back to #29 today. Roughly 351,000 girls have been named Ella since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
In 2000 two acting couples chose the name for their daughters: John Travolta and Kelly Preston named their daughter Ella Bleu Travolta, and Warren Beatty and Annette Bening named their daughter Ella Beatty.
See where Ella is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Ella is especially popular in Finland (Swedish-sp.), Norway, and Germany.
#3 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #4 in Norway (2025) · #6 in Germany (2025) · #7 in Denmark (2025) · #8 in Sweden (2025) · #11 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #12 in Belgium (2025) · #13 in New Zealand (2025) · #15 in Scotland (2025) · #16 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #16 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #17 in Ireland (2025) and 13 more.
Among 1,100 notable people named Ella:
Entertainers appear 1.8× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz singer (1917–1996).
Popular twin pairings with Ella include Emma, Ava, and Olivia for girls, and Ethan, Eli, and Jackson for boys.
Similar names: Ellie · Stella · Elena · Bella · Lucy · Nora
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