Ellora
Feminine
Ellora is a place in Maharashtra where thirty-four temples were cut downward out of a basalt cliff — including one carved as a single piece, from the top, with no joints anywhere in it. It is also, in American records, most likely a form of Eleanor.
How old is the name Ellora?
Ellora first appears in US birth records in 1890 — 135 years ago. The typical Ellora is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Ellora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ellora most popular?
Ellora peaked in 1890, reaching #1338 nationally. Today it ranks #3100, 1,762 places below that high. See the whole 1890 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ellora
Our story of Ellora goes to the caves, because they deserve it. Thirty-four temples were cut into a basalt escarpment in Maharashtra between the sixth and tenth centuries — Buddhist, Hindu and Jain, side by side — and the largest, Kailasa, was carved downward out of the living rock in a single piece, several stories high, with nothing assembled and nothing joined. It is one of the most extraordinary things anybody has made. Whether this name has any connection to the place is very doubtful; it is far more likely a form of Eleanor. But the place is worth knowing about either way.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Indian place-name Ellora, properly Verul, has no settled derivation. Eleanor, the far likelier source for the American name, has never had its meaning established either — it comes through Old French Alienor from a Provençal name of uncertain root, and the familiar gloss 'light' is a later reinterpretation. So both candidate roads end in the same place: nothing recorded.
Pronouncing Ellora
eh-LOR-ah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The Indian place-name is said much the same way. American English reduces the final vowel to a schwa.
Nicknames for Ellora
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
- 1890
- Most girls named
- 202366 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1338reached in 1890
- Change vs 2024
- +8.3%52 in 2025, from 48
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.
Ellora in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Eleanor in English — related form
- Elora in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Florida.
Elloras among us
people named Ellora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 30,909 born in 2025 was named Ellora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Ellora
- #3100
- Ellora on the 2025 chart
- #332
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ellora went to 52 girls in 2025, but Elora and Elorah are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 935, which makes it the 332nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,768 places above the chart.
- Elora861
- Ellora52
- Elorah22
About 1 girl in 1,719 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 30,909 for Ellora 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
Fashion outlook
Ellora 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 Ellora is headed
Ellora should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Ellora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ellora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ella, Ellie and Lora are three ready short forms, all of them established names.
- Every sound in it is easy in English, so it is said correctly on sight.
- Three syllables with a light ending, which pairs well with most surnames.
- Its origin is unsettled on both of its possible roads.
- Ellora, Elora, Eleanora and Elenora all circulate and none is standard.
- It sits very close to Eleanor and will be assumed to be a form of it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Elloras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Ellora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Ellora?
- Ellora is one of 3 recorded spellings. Elora is the more common one — 861 births in 2025 against 52 for Ellora.
- How popular is the name Ellora in 2025?
- Ellora ranks #3100 among US girl names in 2025, with 52 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ellora?
- About 1 in every 30,909 US girls born in 2025 was named Ellora — 52 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ellora with classmates?
- Ellora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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