Elara

What Elara means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Elara yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #4,403 in 2015, #941 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Elara?

US: Rising: up from #4403 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1649 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 275 girls got the name (#941 that year). First in the US records in 2002.

How common

• About 1 in 5,845 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,994 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,982 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AL (0.49 per 1,000 girls), CO (0.39 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.38 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Elara is #941 in the US and #340 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Elara were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Alora1,614 US · 173 E&W
• Elora861 US · 201 E&W
• Alara441 US · 139 E&W
• Alaira19 US · 48 E&W
• Ellora52 US · 13 E&W
• Eleri0 US · 49 E&W
• Elira34 US · 12 E&W
• Alaura41 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Elara

Girls

• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Genevieve#148possibly “kin, family + woman, wife”^*
• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*
• Collins#241“descendant of Coileán”^*

For a brother

• Jasper#129Editor’s note Up from #214 in 2015 to #129 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 610 US boys in the 2025 records
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Thiago#50Portuguese, meaning “natal, relating to birth”^*
• Lennox#289Editor’s note Used for both: 75% of US babies named Lennox in 2025 were boys
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Elara’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.