Ellara
Ellalan, also referred to as Elara the Pious, and by the honorific epithet Manu Needhi Cholan, was a member of the Tamil Chola dynasty in Southern India, who upon capturing the throne became king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom, in present-day Sri Lanka, from 205 BCE to 161 BCE.
Meaning & Origin of Ellara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ellalan, also referred to as Elara the Pious, and by the honorific epithet Manu Needhi Cholan, was a member of the Tamil Chola dynasty in Southern India, who upon capturing the throne became king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom, in present-day Sri Lanka, from 205 BCE to 161 BCE.
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The Story of Ellara
American parents first put Ellara on the record books as a baby girl name in 2018, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 8 Ellaras were born — ranking #11,223 that year. About 68% of every Ellara on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Ellara last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 19 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ellara
Ellara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2018 and has accumulated 19 births in the dataset. Ellara's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #11,223. Use the chart and map above to compare Ellara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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