Ella or Violet
Violet is the more popular girl name in Canada, #17 to #26 in 2024. Violet is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #37 to #46 in 2025. Violet is the more popular girl name in the USA, #15 to #30 in 2024.
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.
| Place | Year | Ella | Violet | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2024 | #26 | #17 | Violet |
| England and Wales | 2025 | #46 | #37 | Violet |
| USA | 2024 | #30 | #15 | Violet |
| Alberta | 2024 | #19 | #19 | Violet |
| British Columbia | 2024 | #23 | #15 | Violet |
| Ontario | 2024 | #23 | #11 | Violet |
| Quebec | 2024 | #93 | #304 | Ella |
Ella and Violet in Canada, 2020–2024
Ella slipped from #19 in 2020 to #26 in 2024 in Canada. Violet climbed from #34 in 2020 to #17 in 2024 in Canada. Violet passed Ella in 2023.
Ella and Violet in England and Wales, 2020–2025
Ella slipped from #16 in 2020 to #46 in 2025 in England and Wales. Violet climbed from #48 in 2020 to #37 in 2025 in England and Wales. Violet passed Ella in 2025.
Ella and Violet in the USA, 2020–2024
Ella slipped from #15 in 2020 to #30 in 2024 in the USA. Violet climbed from #37 in 2020 to #15 in 2024 in the USA. Violet passed Ella in 2022.
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.