Clella

Last seen for girls in 1958 at #4,890

Peak · girls
1899 · 15 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
887
since 1885

Clella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Clella has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #835, 1899girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1958#4,8907
1957#6,0865
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1955#5,8285
1954#5,7535
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1952#4,1238
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1949#4,2357
1948#3,35010
1947#5,2955
1946#4,4176
1945#4,0256
1944#2,94610
1943#3,8017
1942#3,7387
1941#3,2528
1940#2,42412
1939#2,30013
1938#1,94517
1937#2,19614
1936#3,1038
1935#1,77919
1934#1,91317
1933#1,77319
1932#3,0479
1931#1,87618
1930#2,11016
1929#2,30114
1928#1,96119
1927#2,55213
1926#2,25716
1925#2,01819
1924#1,67926
1923#1,78223
1922#1,53629
1921#1,57728
1920#1,55028
1919#1,98918
1918#1,38031
1917#1,28132
1916#1,27832
1915#1,14036
1914#1,89613
1913#1,88311
1912#1,17820
1911#1,9567
1910#1,33512
1909#1,36910
1908#1,6767
1907#1,5128
1906#1,15411
1905#1,09312
1904#1,09211
1903#1,7925
1902#1,5946
1901#1,1369
1900#97015
1899#83515
1898#96313
1897#1,3856
1896#1,2138
1895#1,2028
1894#1,0619
1893#1,0918
1892#1,0179
1891
1890#1,3385
1889
1888#8949
1887#1,0366
1886#9936
1885#9216
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Clella! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Clella
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
  • Biggest jump: 422 spots in 1898 (#1,385#963)
  • Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1901 (#970#1,136)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1899 at #835 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1898–1900
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,535
  • Highest: 1 in 15,535 girls born in 1899 were named Clella (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,374 girls born in 1958 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.2% of all girls named Clella (215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s27#894 (1888)#961
1890s81#835 (1899)#1,123
1900s94#970 (1900)#1,339
1910s212#1,140 (1915)#1,532
1920s215#1,536 (1922)#1,921
1930s150#1,773 (1933)#2,204
1940s78#2,424 (1940)#3,748
1950s30#4,123 (1952)#5,336

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Clella in 1917

girls
#1,281
32 births · 1 in 33,790 girls

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #1,281Clella32
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 33,790 of them was named Clella, which outranked 75.9% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clella
  1. #1,261Santos33
  2. #1,261Shizue33
  3. #1,261Susana33
  4. #1,281Clella32
  5. #1,281Ammie32
  6. #1,281Arlena32
  7. #1,281Clair32
  8. #1,307Allean31
  9. #1,307Ardelle31
  10. #1,307Arnetta31

Tied with 25 names at #1,281; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917