Lella
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 864since 1880
Lella over time
Rank among girls' names. Lella has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | #872 | 14 |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #615 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1883–1885
- 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%)
- 20.9% of all girls named Lella (181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | #615 (1883) | #791 |
| 1890s | 109 | #739 (1893) | #999 |
| 1900s | 91 | #1,037 (1907) | #1,332 |
| 1910s | 181 | #1,332 (1916) | #1,597 |
| 1920s | 171 | #1,821 (1921) | #2,194 |
| 1930s | 111 | #1,917 (1935) | #2,686 |
| 1940s | 72 | #2,572 (1940) | #3,787 |
| 1950s | 26 | #4,123 (1952) | #4,808 |
| 1960s | 10 | #6,390 (1960) | #6,465 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 10 | #10,411 (1981) | #10,464 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #16,099 (2004) | #16,099 |
| 2010s | 22 | #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 1899
Top girls' names in 1899
More about 1899
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233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 21,184 of them was named Lella, which outranked 46.6% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #935Vernice12
- #935Virgil12
- #935Zita12
- #983Lella11
- #983Adrienne11
- #983Alverda11
- #983Amber11
- #1,034Adelaida10
- #1,034Albertina10
- #1,034Angelita10
Tied with 50 names at #983; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.