Aella
Feminine · “whirlwind”
Aella is Greek for a whirlwind, and it belonged to an Amazon — one of the warriors Heracles fought for the belt of their queen.
How old is the name Aella?
Aella first appears in US birth records in 2008 — 17 years ago. The typical Aella is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Aella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aella most popular?
Aella peaked in 2023, reaching #1903 nationally. Today it ranks #4067, 2,164 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From aella to Aella
The story of Aella
The catalog of Amazon names preserved in Greek sources is unusually vivid — Aella the whirlwind, Alkippe the strong mare, Molpadia, Antiope — and they read as a coherent naming vocabulary rather than a random list. Aella is named as the first to attack Heracles in the ninth labor. Its use as a modern given name is very recent and appears in American records from the 2010s.
Meaning
whirlwind, storm wind
From Greek aella, a whirlwind or squall; the word appears in Homer for a violent gust. Amazon names in the sources are frequently drawn from words for speed, weather and combat, which is a consistent pattern.
How the name formed
- aella
- Aella
Related forms: Ἄελλα
Pronouncing Aella
AY-el-ah
Three syllables, first stressed. Some families say EYE-el-ah or AH-el-ah.
Nicknames for Aella
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2008
- Most girls named
- 2023104 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1903reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −34.0%35 in 2025, from 53
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aella in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ἄελλα in Greek — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Aellas among us
people named Aella are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 45,922 born in 2025 was named Aella
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Aella
- #4067
- Aella on the 2025 chart
- #864
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Aella went to 35 girls in 2025, but Aela is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 96, which makes it the 864th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,203 places above the chart.
- Aela61
- Aella35
About 1 girl in 16,742 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 45,922 for Aella itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Irelynn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aella's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Irelynn climbed just as high around 2008, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Irelynn's path sketches the road Aella is walking now.
Aella sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Aella is headed
Aella should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Aella beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aella in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Greek meaning with a genuinely striking image behind it.
- Ella sits inside it as a very familiar short form.
- Five letters and three syllables, quick to write.
- The opening vowels are unsettled and she will supply a pronunciation for life.
- Aella, Ayla and Ella are all close and get confused.
- The Amazon behind it is killed in the story, which some will know.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aellas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Aella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Aella?
- Aella is one of 2 recorded spellings. Aela is the more common one — 61 births in 2025 against 35 for Aella.
- How popular is the name Aella in 2025?
- Aella ranks #4067 among US girl names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aella?
- About 1 in every 45,922 US girls born in 2025 was named Aella — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aella with classmates?
- Aella will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Aella
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