girls:
971 births since 2000
#4745 (17th percentile)
overall:
971 births since 2000
#6768 (13th percentile)
The name Ellah is the #6,768 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 971 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 12.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,745 (17.0% percentile) for all time with 971 births since 2000.
Ellah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (first recorded for girls in 2000).
For girls, Ellah reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 7.2% percentile (ranked #876) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 37 births per million (ranked 7.2% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Ellah ranks #924 for girls (2.4% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 43.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ellah".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Ellah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Ellah is pronounced as EH-luh, which has 2 syllables.
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