Ella or Sophie

Sophie is the more popular girl name in Canada, #19 to #26 in 2024. Ella is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #46 to #63 in 2025. Ella is the more popular girl name in the USA, #30 to #60 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Ella against Sophie, in that place's most recent complete year.EllaSophie#1#25#50#100Canada#26 → #19 ↑7England and Wales#46 → #63 ↓17USA#30 → #60 ↓30Alberta#19 → #9 ↑10British Columbia#23 → #19 ↑4Ontario#23 → #22 ↑1Quebec#93 → #48 ↑45
PlaceYear Ella Sophie Ahead
Canada2024#26#19Sophie
England and Wales2025#46#63Ella
USA2024#30#60Ella
Alberta2024#19#9Sophie
British Columbia2024#23#19Sophie
Ontario2024#23#22Sophie
Quebec2024#93#48Sophie

Ella and Sophie in Canada, 2020–2024

Ella slipped from #19 in 2020 to #26 in 2024 in Canada. Sophie slipped from #15 in 2020 to #19 in 2024 in Canada. Ella passed Sophie in 2021. Sophie passed Ella in 2022.

Ella and Sophie ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#19 Sophie#26 Ella20202021202220232024

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Ella and Sophie in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Ella slipped from #16 in 2020 to #46 in 2025 in England and Wales. Sophie slipped from #26 in 2020 to #63 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Ella and Sophie ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#46 Ella#63 Sophie202020212022202320242025

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Ella and Sophie in the USA, 2020–2024

Ella slipped from #15 in 2020 to #30 in 2024 in the USA. Sophie climbed from #75 in 2020 to #60 in 2024 in the USA.

Ella and Sophie ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#100#30 Ella#60 Sophie20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.