Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ella” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ella” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ella” 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 “Ella” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ella” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ella” 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
1880 1156 0.005737428 1156 100%
1881 1148 0.005957818 1148 100%
1882 1206 0.005443884 1206 100%
1883 1256 0.005789459 1251 5 99%
1884 1380 0.005668259 1374 6 99%
1885 1401 0.005816802 1395 6 99%
1886 1470 0.005757571 1464 6 99%
1887 1521 0.006148137 1521 100%
1888 1782 0.005950433 1774 8 99%
1889 1647 0.005700027 1647 100%
1890 1758 0.005832761 1758 100%
1891 1692 0.005902195 1685 7 99%
1892 1814 0.005425063 1808 6 99%
1893 1760 0.005411671 1760 100%
1894 1769 0.005223065 1761 8 99%
1895 1692 0.004820238 1692 100%
1896 1689 0.004724687 1683 6 99%
1897 1708 0.0049228 1708 100%
1898 1726 0.00452478 1715 11 99%
1899 1510 0.004451205 1502 8 99%
1900 1923 0.004270885 1911 12 99%
1901 1442 0.004169896 1435 7 99%
1902 1532 0.003961389 1525 7 99%
1903 1426 0.003740818 1419 7 99%
1904 1439 0.003566427 1432 7 99%
1905 1448 0.003415723 1438 10 99%
1906 1350 0.003150885 1343 7 99%
1907 1456 0.003128559 1450 6 99%
1908 1434 0.002934622 1428 6 99%
1909 1391 0.002720921 1382 9 99%
1910 1595 0.002700136 1587 8 99%
1911 1613 0.002503578 1604 9 99%
1912 1921 0.00194421 1921 100%
1913 2082 0.001830957 2071 11 99%
1914 2318 0.001636608 2308 10 99%
1915 2962 0.001616436 2954 8 99%
1916 2970 0.001535346 2965 5 100%
1917 3069 0.001529339 3054 15 99%
1918 3299 0.001519499 3291 8 100%
1919 3173 0.001503617 3158 15 99%
1920 3244 0.001433722 3232 12 99%
1921 3258 0.001395585 3237 21 99%
1922 3167 0.001383479 3150 17 99%
1923 3008 0.001306417 2995 13 99%
1924 3080 0.001293243 3061 19 99%
1925 3021 0.001294732 3006 15 99%
1926 2870 0.001250052 2852 18 99%
1927 2856 0.001231375 2843 13 99%
1928 2686 0.001188003 2670 16 99%
1929 2493 0.001137234 2474 19 98%
1930 2423 0.001089827 2404 19 98%
1931 2175 0.001033555 2162 13 99%
1932 2275 0.00107754 2256 19 98%
1933 2045 0.001022783 2027 18 98%
1934 2089 0.001005867 2071 18 98%
1935 1922 0.000919661 1901 21 98%
1936 1849 0.000889979 1836 13 99%
1937 1764 0.000827909 1748 16 98%
1938 1737 0.000785058 1728 9 99%
1939 1842 0.000835965 1829 13 99%
1940 1682 0.000730452 1671 11 99%
1941 1716 0.000704311 1697 19 98%
1942 1680 0.000614975 1659 21 98%
1943 1674 0.000593079 1664 10 99%
1944 1578 0.0005866 1573 5 99%
1945 1480 0.000557878 1472 8 99%
1946 1509 0.000472255 1500 9 99%
1947 1641 0.000455539 1635 6 99%
1948 1562 0.000452423 1554 8 99%
1949 1558 0.000447088 1552 6 99%
1950 1384 0.00039505 1379 5 99%
1951 1364 0.000370276 1364 100%
1952 1254 0.000330173 1245 9 99%
1953 1170 0.000303609 1161 9 98%
1954 1099 0.000276082 1099 100%
1955 1130 0.000281439 1125 5 99%
1956 989 0.000239872 989 100%
1957 968 0.000230359 968 100%
1958 841 0.00020344 841 100%
1959 866 0.000208274 866 100%
1960 753 0.000181279 747 6 98%
1961 713 0.000172127 713 100%
1962 638 0.000158102 631 7 98%
1963 597 0.000150826 597 100%
1964 564 0.000145076 564 100%
1965 485 0.000133777 479 6 98%
1966 430 0.000123718 430 100%
1967 382 0.000112522 382 100%
1968 314 0.000092943 314 100%
1969 320 0.000092078 320 100%
1970 323 0.00008956 323 100%
1971 257 0.000074876 257 100%
1972 205 0.000065224 205 100%
1973 224 0.000074249 224 100%
1974 212 0.000069737 212 100%
1975 182 0.000060277 182 100%
1976 183 0.00006031 183 100%
1977 163 0.000051314 163 100%
1978 174 0.000054823 174 100%
1979 173 0.000051999 173 100%
1980 174 0.000050515 174 100%
1981 181 0.000052322 181 100%
1982 177 0.000050457 177 100%
1983 156 0.000045043 156 100%
1984 138 0.000039556 138 100%
1985 146 0.000040907 146 100%
1986 127 0.000035703 127 100%
1987 128 0.0000355 128 100%
1988 183 0.000049526 183 100%
1989 165 0.000042919 165 100%
1990 237 0.000059962 237 100%
1991 216 0.000055452 216 100%
1992 229 0.000059616 229 100%
1993 266 0.000070552 266 100%
1994 314 0.000084462 314 100%
1995 310 0.00008465 310 100%
1996 383 0.000105012 383 100%
1997 501 0.000138178 501 100%
1998 657 0.00017862 657 100%
1999 782 0.000211702 782 100%
2000 1232 0.000325934 1232 100%
2001 1722 0.000460011 1722 100%
2002 3566 0.000953912 3566 100%
2003 5918 0.001556419 5909 9 100%
2004 8278 0.002166492 8251 27 99%
2005 9083 0.002362384 9071 12 100%
2006 9225 0.00233179 9211 14 100%
2007 9569 0.002393637 9553 16 100%
2008 9372 0.002384329 9362 10 100%
2009 9669 0.002531036 9657 12 100%
2010 9897 0.002677949 9883 14 100%
2011 9604 0.002625628 9597 7 100%
2012 9224 0.002522033 9211 13 100%
2013 8470 0.002323306 8461 9 100%
2014 8575 0.002313581 8568 7 100%
2015 7917 0.002139203 7917 100%
2016 7944 0.002165346 7939 5 100%
2017 8089 0.002261901 8083 6 100%
2018 8136 0.002314061 8126 10 100%
2019 8127 0.002341445 8127 100%
2020 7367 0.002205308 7367 100%
2021 7046 0.002079724 7037 9 100%
2022 6284 0.001857449 6284 100%
2023 5664 0.00171056 5659 5 100%
2024 5685 0.001707976 5685 100%

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