Fontella

Last seen for girls in 1990 at #11,409

Peak · girls
1966 · 104 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
589
since 1900

Fontella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Fontella has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,011, 1966girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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1990#11,4096
1989#10,8476
1988
1987
1986#10,9125
1985
1984#10,4225
1983#10,2755
1982
1981
1980#9,0956
1979
1978
1977
1976#5,60110
1975#7,9846
1974#5,7769
1973#4,87111
1972#4,52312
1971#4,53412
1970#5,06110
1969#3,95813
1968#2,53824
1967#2,03933
1966#1,011104
1965#1,59549
1964#6,7675
1963
1962
1961#6,5675
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956#5,9525
1955
1954#5,7535
1953
1952#5,5635
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946#3,21710
1945
1944
1943
1942#4,6225
1941
1940#2,9639
1939
1938#4,3425
1937#4,2555
1936#4,1815
1935#3,4317
1934
1933
1932#3,2748
1931#3,8486
1930#3,3458
1929#3,3948
1928#2,95410
1927#3,05310
1926
1925#3,3629
1924#3,14410
1923#4,9675
1922#3,6558
1921#3,16410
1920#3,5988
1919#3,4528
1918#3,2449
1917#2,87910
1916#4,4175
1915#2,05015
1914#2,4349
1913#3,1875
1912#2,6346
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907#2,0615
1906#1,5537
1905
1904
1903#1,7925
1902
1901
1900#1,4318
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five girls were named Fontella! It came in at #1,431, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Fontella
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1966 at #1,011 (104 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,271
  • Highest: 1 in 16,271 girls born in 1966 were named Fontella (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 316,425 girls born in 1990 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 39.6% of all girls named Fontella (233) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s25#1,431 (1900)#1,709
1910s67#2,050 (1915)#3,037
1920s78#2,954 (1928)#3,477
1930s44#3,274 (1932)#3,811
1940s24#2,963 (1940)#3,601
1950s15#5,563 (1952)#5,756
1960s233#1,011 (1966)#3,496
1970s70#4,523 (1972)#5,479
1980s27#9,095 (1980)#10,310
1990s6#11,409 (1990)#11,409

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.

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