Lella

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682

Peak · girls
1883 · 10 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
864
since 1880

Lella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lella has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #615, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018#15,6825
2017#15,9025
2016
2015
2014#13,0697
2013
2012
2011#16,7645
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004#16,0995
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982#10,5175
1981#10,4115
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965#6,5395
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960#6,3905
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954#5,7535
1953#5,0406
1952#4,1238
1951
1950#4,3157
1949#4,6736
1948#5,2435
1947#3,44810
1946#2,59714
1945
1944#4,0546
1943#4,1966
1942#3,7387
1941#3,5597
1940#2,57211
1939#2,59211
1938#2,9409
1937#3,4347
1936#3,1038
1935#1,91717
1934#3,4497
1933#2,05215
1932#2,23514
1931#2,58111
1930#2,55212
1929#2,58712
1928#2,02318
1927#2,55213
1926#2,35115
1925#2,01819
1924#2,40915
1923#2,16917
1922#1,83622
1921#1,82123
1920#2,17217
1919#1,69823
1918#1,80521
1917#1,99617
1916#1,33230
1915#1,62221
1914#1,38521
1913#1,52815
1912#1,54013
1911#1,54510
1910#1,52110
1909#1,6078
1908#1,26111
1907#1,03714
1906#1,3219
1905#1,5387
1904#1,2519
1903#1,13710
1902#1,5946
1901#1,3397
1900#1,23110
1899#98311
1898#92014
1897#1,0949
1896#87214
1895#81515
1894#1,0619
1893#73916
1892#95810
1891#1,2136
1890#1,3385
1889#75712
1888#8949
1887
1886
1885#8427
1884#8517
1883#61510
1882
1881#7406
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lella was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lella
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 255 spots in 1892 (#1,213#958)
  • Biggest drop: 581 spots in 1890 (#757#1,338)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #615 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1883–1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,232
  • Highest: 1 in 11,232 girls born in 1883 were named Lella (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 20.9% of all girls named Lella (181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s56#615 (1883)#791
1890s109#739 (1893)#999
1900s91#1,037 (1907)#1,332
1910s181#1,332 (1916)#1,597
1920s171#1,821 (1921)#2,194
1930s111#1,917 (1935)#2,686
1940s72#2,572 (1940)#3,787
1950s26#4,123 (1952)#4,808
1960s10#6,390 (1960)#6,465
1970s0
1980s10#10,411 (1981)#10,464
1990s0
2000s5#16,099 (2004)#16,099
2010s22#13,069 (2014)#15,354

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.

Lella in 1892

girls
#958
10 births · 1 in 21,234 girls

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #958Lella10
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 21,234 of them was named Lella, which outranked 42.3% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lella
  1. #908Zettie11
  2. #908Zina11
  3. #908Zita11
  4. #958Lella10
  5. #958Alfreda10
  6. #958Alvena10
  7. #958Alverda10
  8. #1,017Adelle9
  9. #1,017Allene9
  10. #1,017Arletta9

Tied with 58 names at #958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. 553Lollie#1,093#540
  2. 536Leonore#1,332#796
  3. 528Gwendolyn#1,213#685
  4. 507Antonette#1,213#706
  5. 507Monnie#1,213#706
Fallers
  1. 700Nathalie#750#1,450
  2. 654Eudora#624#1,278
  3. 611Leva#839#1,450
  4. 611Roy#839#1,450
  5. 609Pollie#669#1,278

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

See the top 100 for 1892