Ela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EH-la
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #741 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,561 for girls
Ela is a girls' name of Turkish origin, meaning “hazel-coloured”. In 2025 it ranked 741st for girls in the UK (54 babies) and 1,561st for girls in the US (135 babies).
What does Ela mean?
Turkish: Turkish word for hazel eyes; also a Polish pet form of names such as Elżbieta
“hazel-coloured”
In Polish, Ela is a pet form of names such as Elżbieta and Gabriela.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ela a girl's or a boy's name?
Ela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls in the UK and 135 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #741among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 5,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were named Ela, making it the 741st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 509th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 127 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ela than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Ela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 684th in England and Wales.
Ela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #741 |
| 2024 | 61 | #677 |
| 2023 | 72 | #578 |
| 2022 | 60 | #680 |
| 2021 | 66 | #630 |
| 2020 | 87 | #509 |
| 2019 | 89 | #513 |
| 2018 | 92 | #512 |
| 2017 | 93 | #513 |
| 2016 | 97 | #490 |
| 2015 | 110 | #445 |
| 2014 | 112 | #431 |
| 2013 | 94 | #494 |
| 2012 | 109 | #456 |
| 2011 | 127 | #397 |
| 2010 | 114 | #423 |
| 2009 | 96 | #472 |
| 2008 | 105 | #442 |
| 2007 | 105 | #437 |
| 2006 | 64 | #595 |
| 2005 | 64 | #569 |
| 2004 | 74 | #501 |
| 2003 | 50 | #632 |
| 2002 | 32 | #829 |
| 2001 | 26 | #929 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Ela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,561among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 135about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 135 girls in the US were named Ela, making it the 1,561st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,704th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 150 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Ela than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Ela in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #1,561 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,719 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,826 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,974 |
| 2021 | 118 | #1,739 |
| 2020 | 119 | #1,704 |
| 2019 | 136 | #1,569 |
| 2018 | 150 | #1,461 |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,804 |
| 2016 | 100 | #1,986 |
| 2015 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,922 |
| 2013 | 98 | #1,990 |
| 2012 | 117 | #1,760 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,758 |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,762 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,041 |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 73 | #2,541 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 78 | #2,294 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 14 | #931 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 13 | #963 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
Names like Ela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Names related to Ela
More Turkish names
Ayla Aylin Alara Ayda Orhan Ayzel Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ayaz Aylah Aleyna Deniz Demir
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ela, updated 20 October 2026.