Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ela” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ela” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ela” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ela” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ela” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ela” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ela” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ela” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 100%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 100%
2003 44 0.000011572 44 100%
2004 44 0.000011516 44 100%
2005 78 0.000020287 78 100%
2006 68 0.000017188 68 100%
2007 73 0.000018261 73 100%
2008 69 0.000017554 69 100%
2009 100 0.000026177 100 100%
2010 117 0.000031658 117 100%
2011 116 0.000031713 116 100%
2012 117 0.00003199 117 100%
2013 98 0.000026881 98 100%
2014 104 0.00002806 104 100%
2015 99 0.00002675 99 100%
2016 100 0.000027258 100 100%
2017 115 0.000032157 115 100%
2018 150 0.000042663 150 100%
2019 136 0.000039183 136 100%
2020 119 0.000035623 119 100%
2021 118 0.000034829 118 100%
2022 99 0.000029263 99 100%
2023 110 0.000033221 110 100%
2024 118 0.000035451 118 100%

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