Ellah — #4342 US girls' name
1,004 babies named Ellah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Ellah was born in this single decade.
73 babies were named Ellah in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ellah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,004 babies named Ellah between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ellah currently holds the #4342 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 73 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 503 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ellah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 96 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ellah in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ellah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,004 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ellah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ellah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2010)
- 73
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #4342 among girls.
1,004 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 73 births in a single year.
Ellah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 503 births that decade — 50% of Ellah's all-time total
Ellah decade highlights
- Peak decade 503 births
- Runner-up 318 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ellah's strongest decade
503 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Ellah by state
Where Ellah concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 96 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 61 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 18 | 1.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Iowa | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
96 of 1,004 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.6% of nationwide
- Texas 6.1% of nationwide
- Florida 1.8% of nationwide
- New York 1.0% of nationwide
- Iowa 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.