Luella
#778 for girls in 2025, 349 births · Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,959
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 141 births
- Debut · girls
- 111 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,605since 1880
Luella over time
Rank among girls' names. Luella has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #778 | 349 | — | |
| 2024 | #823 | 334 | — | |
| 2023 | #928 | 286 | — | |
| 2022 | #997 | 262 | — | |
| 2021 | #923 | 288 | — | |
| 2020 | #972 | 262 | — | |
| 2019 | #936 | 282 | — | |
| 2018 | #953 | 278 | — | |
| 2017 | #910 | 294 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,203 | 206 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,337 | 177 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,502 | 148 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,705 | 122 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,859 | 108 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,073 | 93 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,942 | 103 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,270 | 86 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,419 | 79 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,214 | 53 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,978 | 57 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,240 | 35 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,171 | 34 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,646 | 46 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,672 | 45 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,559 | 53 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,344 | 68 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,398 | 64 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,227 | 79 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,273 | 71 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,294 | 67 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,116 | 88 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,116 | 85 | — | |
| 1955 | #967 | 105 | — | |
| 1954 | #965 | 101 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,001 | 92 | — | |
| 1952 | #975 | 93 | — | |
| 1951 | #824 | 118 | — | |
| 1950 | #768 | 127 | — | |
| 1949 | #665 | 156 | — | |
| 1948 | #610 | 183 | — | |
| 1947 | #672 | 157 | — | |
| 1946 | #601 | 172 | — | |
| 1945 | #617 | 139 | — | |
| 1944 | #538 | 181 | — | |
| 1943 | #510 | 214 | — | |
| 1942 | #507 | 216 | — | |
| 1941 | #447 | 236 | — | |
| 1940 | #429 | 251 | — | |
| 1939 | #405 | 276 | — | |
| 1938 | #392 | 294 | — | |
| 1937 | #339 | 345 | — | |
| 1936 | #340 | 338 | — | |
| 1935 | #333 | 363 | — | |
| 1934 | #318 | 388 | — | |
| 1933 | #293 | 428 | — | |
| 1932 | #279 | 495 | — | |
| 1931 | #253 | 576 | — | |
| 1930 | #255 | 597 | — | |
| 1929 | #241 | 660 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #242 | 662 | — | |
| 1927 | #242 | 723 | — | |
| 1926 | #264 | 639 | — | |
| 1925 | #238 | 761 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #235 | 776 | — | |
| 1923 | #225 | 821 | — | |
| 1922 | #222 | 861 | — | |
| 1921 | #216 | 887 | — | |
| 1920 | #224 | 852 | — | |
| 1919 | #205 | 905 | — | |
| 1918 | #202 | 949 | — | |
| 1917 | #208 | 842 | — | |
| 1916 | #210 | 837 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #211 | 783 | — | |
| 1914 | #210 | 604 | — | |
| 1913 | #204 | 519 | — | |
| 1912 | #200 | 483 | — | |
| 1911 | #205 | 352 | — | |
| 1910 | #183 | 374 | — | |
| 1909 | #183 | 325 | — | |
| 1908 | #177 | 336 | — | |
| 1907 | #166 | 355 | — | |
| 1906 | #174 | 291 | — | |
| 1905 | #178 | 287 | — | |
| 1904 | #191 | 246 | — | |
| 1903 | #170 | 286 | — | |
| 1902 | #176 | 262 | — | |
| 1901 | #182 | 239 | — | |
| 1900 | #191 | 268 | — | |
| 1899 | #174 | 246 | — | |
| 1898 | #179 | 261 | — | |
| 1897 | #192 | 206 | — | |
| 1896 | #180 | 230 | — | |
| 1895 | #178 | 227 | — | |
| 1894 | #175 | 228 | — | |
| 1893 | #179 | 199 | — | |
| 1892 | #176 | 207 | — | |
| 1891 | #184 | 163 | — | |
| 1890 | #175 | 184 | — | |
| 1889 | #170 | 172 | — | |
| 1888 | #168 | 171 | — | |
| 1887 | #178 | 127 | — | |
| 1886 | #168 | 136 | — | |
| 1885 | #160 | 131 | — | |
| 1884 | #139 | 158 | — | |
| 1883 | #150 | 120 | — | |
| 1882 | #149 | 117 | — | |
| 1881 | #120 | 141 | — | |
| 1880 | #140 | 111 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Luella was already there! It came in at #140, and was given to 111 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1993, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
See more about Luella
- 45 spots since 2024 (#823 → #778)
- 194 spots since 2020 (#972 → #778)
- 559 spots since 2015 (#1,337 → #778)
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 2017 (#1,203 → #910)
- Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1952 (#824 → #975)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #120 (141 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 77 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1952
- Highest: 1 in 652 girls born in 1881 were named Luella (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,605 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 23.4% of all girls named Luella (7,642) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,384 | #120 (1881) | #154 |
| 1890s | 2,151 | #174 (1899) | #179 |
| 1900s | 2,895 | #166 (1907) | #179 |
| 1910s | 6,648 | #183 (1910) | #204 |
| 1920s | 7,642 | #216 (1921) | #235 |
| 1930s | 4,100 | #253 (1931) | #321 |
| 1940s | 1,905 | #429 (1940) | #560 |
| 1950s | 947 | #768 (1950) | #1,030 |
| 1960s | 502 | #1,227 (1960) | #1,709 |
| 1970s | 212 | #2,240 (1970) | #3,472 |
| 1980s | 132 | #4,167 (1982) | #5,637 |
| 1990s | 100 | #6,131 (1990) | #8,726 |
| 2000s | 395 | #2,270 (2009) | #5,085 |
| 2010s | 1,811 | #910 (2017) | #1,442 |
| 2020s | 1,781 | #778 (2025) | #904 |
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.
Luella in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 1,692 of them was named Luella, which outranked 95.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 215,123 of them was named Luella, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 586 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.